It could be said that Parris is the reverent of the community and it is revealed that his daughter might be sick so he prays for her. She is in bed and she seems not to have a cure for her illness so his father believed that Hale might find a cure for her.
A mother fulfils her child's needs and wishes.
And the last one could be when the mother is at her weakest she still tries be strong, because her child needs to rely on her.
