My mom was always doing that, always claiming that she was looking out for my “best interests.” I didn’t really understand what
my “best interests” were back then. I couldn’t see the mistakes I was making when I was in the process of making them. I guess that’s how mistakes work. If you know something is a mistake, you probably won’t make it, and since you don’t know it is a mistake, you can’t see it. Now that I’m a few years older, I can understand why she was worried about me. I can look back on my childhood and see all the things I did that kept her up late at night and gave her more gray hairs. If this story were to continue, what would the author most likely discuss in the next paragraph?
Select one:
a. the various kinds of trouble he or she got into as a child
b. the punishments he or she received from his or her dad
c. the various kinds of trouble his or her children get into
d. the punishments he or she received from his or her mom
