A short piece in experimental style where the mother 'teaches' the dos and don'ts of how a woman should be. The mother's tone alters between scathing comments, warnings, and insistent nudging to make her daughter read between the lines.

The writing style is blunt with repetitions to drive the point home. The whole thing is one huge para (of ~700 words) and naturally made me feel suffocated (huge paras are a pet peeve). The ending rather puts the rest of the content in a different light. It makes one wonder what the mother is really trying to tell her daughter.