Poem - Amanda by Robin Klein

The poem is on the upbringing of a child.While it is important for parents to teach their children right and wrong, but they need to be sensitive towards child individuality.

In the poem there is a little girl who is constantly scolded and instructed by her mother.Thus, Amanda is lost in her own world.She is a teenager and not paying attention to what her mother is saying.

The poem ,then, points that parents must give some freedom to growing children.Constant scolding may adversely affect a child's development.