She's Leaving Home...

The lyric of the song was just an adaption inspired by the news story. It is just an interesting trivia about the song. The lyric itself makes the song flowing like a story. I was just feeling for the parents who were misunderstood by their children. They thought they did their best but sadly it was not enough. The thing that their children really wanted was something that they could have given easily but they just didn't realize.

I think all parents will do their best to provide the best that they could afford to their children. Some parents may even have to sacrifice their personal comfort and time to work overtime or tow jobs in order to earn extra just to get by or to send their children to a better school. That is LOVE. Some parents may neglect their children, busying with themselves instead. Those are the irresponsible types. What I feel sorry about is those parents who are not good in communication with their own children to show their love for them, and because of that they are misunderstood as not loving or caring.

This song is a beautiful ballad melody-wise but its lyric always makes sad. I feel strongly about the parts: "Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?" and "how could she do this to me?" It is a mother's hurt by the child she loves dearly.

Indeed, I remember the first time I heard it, it didn´t impressed me that much, but I was too young by the time and I was expecting something else. But, later, after several time I hear it, and, specially, when compared to the music other bands were doing, before and after "Sargent Peper", it was easy to apreciate it and value it as the great record it is.

The album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a master piece. I remember the first time I heard it, I felt it was so different from the Beatles' early days simple yet catchy styles. The lyrics are deeper and more symbolical. I feel it is those 66-70's work of theirs that really made Beatles the greatest ever musicians.

Hiya jkct, Never said a truer word these kids of mine have been like bringing up four at the same time (grin) not that I would be the one to say that other women have told me what a handful you have there. Well I just laughed but like you say my Door is always open to them either way. You cannot give advice to mine they will begin a right noise about it as well. They like to tell other People what they should do but really they only tell me and a couple of Friends of there´s who ask me how do you put up with them (another grin). Right at this moment we have a Dog that is more like a big Baby and I find myself wondering who was more difficult to bring up. Well its all their fault anyway mostly as they have spoiled him terribly and I end up picking up the pieces if I let myself have to be very firm and say no too. Okay I know a Dog is not a Child but they insist on treating him like one. I love him too but I don´t go overboard about it and in the end this big baby Dog always comes back to me (third grin). There is a Child here that is a very lonely one and I have to do all I can to make him go back to his House he comes here with the Dog he has as an excuse and I think where on earth is this Child´s Mother? See what I mean? I was used to being on my own I always was but these Children nowadays need more loving and protection than us I don´t why that is like that but that is the impression they give me not all of them of course but an awful lot of them yes. We cannot be perfect Parents we are bound to have failures like everyone else and I also don´t care much for those "Nanny Programs" they just do not seem to adapt to real situations at all seem too rehearsed if you know what I mean. I don´t what they are called in English as you can imagine the Titles are changed you see apart from the ones like Big Brother here they call it Gran Hermano that is very easy. You have done very well with your Family too most of us love our Kids even if we seem the opposite sometimes. Wish we could have a big Reunion and talk about our Kids boy would we all have some fun just the Parents without the Children for a change and exchange views and comments (fourth grin). I mean all of us mylotters you know. Love the Beatles by the way but my very big favourite was the Monkees and the sadly late Davey Jones who used to sing "Daydream Believer". My favourite of the Beatles is Ringo Starr and the late George Harrison was cut up about him and another Group who´s main famous theme is Show Must Go On you know. Nice chatting to you jkct.xxx

Parenting is indeed complicated. It is not easy to be parents. It is not enough just to provide them the best that we could afford, sacrifice our wants so that the children can live more comfortably and study in a better school, love them with all our heart, we have to understand them. But not all parents could be so communicative with their children and that is where the problem lies. There were times when my children insisted that they wanted to do things their way even after I had told them my views and opinions. I was not happy with their decision but I had to accept them as they are adults now. I just told them, "look, you have heard what I have to say. I hope you will re-think again. But I just want you to know that regardless of what the results are like, I will always be there for you. Come back to me when you are in need. My door is always open to my children". I just have to make sure that they understand that they can always turn to me when they need help. From your description of your family, I can see that you have done well with your family although it was not easy. We all just do our best. Nice to know you enjoy the song. I am a great Beatles fan. I read all I can about them and their songs.

I am a big fan of Queen too. I like practically all their songs but "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" has a special spot in my heart. John Lennon was my hero in my student days but I like Paul and George too. I am not so familiar with the Monkees but I do like the song "Daydream Believer" as covered by Lobo and Rod Steward. I feel children needs guidance and discipline when they are young to make them stay and learn on the right path. But when they have grown to be adults, they would have their own ideas and opinions which we must respect. But I will still say what I feel to them. I ask them to take it as an old dog's sweat tested words and take into consideration when the have a decision to make. After getting them up and running, it is the time for us to learn how to be graceful parents. :)

I have to totally agree COMMUNICATION is definitely the keyword/factor in modern day parenting. You need to be able to talk to children openly. Personally I have been trying to achieve that with mine, but like you said it is not easy being a good parent, my children have learned to test my limits and the sad part is that they learn at such a young age, I don't recall giving my mom a smart mouth at all, because I knew I would loss a tooth or two LOL.

You made me smile with "the sad part is that they learn at such a young age". The kids of today are more into medias such as TV, movie/video and internet so they have more exposures even to the undesirables. From those influences they grow faster than their actual age is - they act and talk like an adult without really knowing the consequences. They don't know their words or acts could hurt. I think that is where we as parents should come in and make them understand what they have done wrong or "not so correctly". Of course the talk or the "exchange of ideas" should be conducted in a way that they could accept to make them receptive to any ideas that we want to implant in their mind for life. Nowadays kids always think they are big enough to make decisions. They think they always know what they are doing. To just simply put down their confidence is unwise and will surely meet with resentment. We can only guide their oh-so-early self-belief carefully to not become an overly blown balloon. It is tricky especially when the kids are just into their adolescence. God bless the parents! We need all the wisdom to be good parents!

It is not easy to be GOOD parents. You have to know everything to take care of every situation. Kids are a mix of an angel and a devil. They will make you smile as well as cry. They test the limits of your physical and mental health. And when they are barely able to think a bit, some may just say "my parents don't understand me". But do they understand their parents in the first place? Yes there are irresponsible parents, but I am sure almost 99.9% is loving and caring. Just because of a little misunderstanding, the parents are hurt by their kids. Communication is really the keyword in modern day parenting. Everybody should try hard to understand each other and get the message across before it is too late.

The Beatles is the greatest band in history. Many of their songs are classics and influential. A few of their songs are based on real events but are usually more symbolical rather than completely truthful. " A Day In The Life" is another popular song that the lyric was based on real events.

I think children do have the right to take for granted that they should be loved by their parents. It will be a very sad day when the kid has doubts on his/her parents' love. I feel sad for those parents who are misunderstood by their children. Not all parents know how to communicate well even though it is with their own children. It is true that money don't necessary mean happiness. But the efforts in giving a comfortable environment to their children should be appreciated even if emotionally their children still have much to desire.

I would agree. It isn't always the way things go though.

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" ... "Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see." ... The Beatles does have a lot of memorable lyrics written. "Across the universe" is nice.

It is true that children are always taking for granted what they are getting from their parents. They don't realize how much efforts have to make and sometimes even hardships to endure, to provide what is just needed for the family. But most children will understand when they are older if they have not known that as a kid. I find that a lot of Beatles fans are more familiar with their song from the earlier period (62-65), the later period (66-70) ones are not as well-known. "She is leaving home" was released in 1967. Another song I like is "The fool on the hill" which was also released at the same year. Check the song out! :)

Paul likes to have a story type of lyrics in his songs while John's are more emotional and symbolical. Both had their own styles and together they wrote so many classics that it is almost impossible to find another song writing partnership that is close to them. Maybe Simon and Garfunkel is another but they are just different.

Melodious songs with meaningful lyrics are always more impacted on us as we could relate ourselves to what is said in the song. A mother's disappointment in her own children is the saddest thing in the world. "How could she do this to me?" - it breaks my heart to hear that.

It is difficult when people is being irrational. A family that is not in peace is not a happy family. As a member of the family, you did the right thing to try your best to calm down and improve the situation. Knowing that she can be so moody, is it possible just to stay quiet and make no attempt to counter what she wrongly accuses? I think she knows what she is doing - she is just trying to rant out of frustration. Since what she says is meaningless, to take it silently may not make things worse than it is. A family is a family. It will get better with understanding and patience.

I agree with what you say. Love can be felt by what we do. I think communication is the key to make a family to gel better. But there are parents who are not good in interaction, especially in Asia, where the culture is for the young to respect the elders and the old is to maintain a commanding posture towards the juniors. But inside their heart, they do love their children and will even sacrifice for them.

Some parents may have ignored or not cared enough what and how their children are. In a perfect world. parents should spend as much as time to be with their kids especially when their children are still young. But circumstances like work commitment may force the parents to spend more time outside the family instead. It is especially common when under a bad economy downturn. In order to support a family, the parents may not have much free time to be with their family as they want, but they do love and care about their family. Do their kids know that? The parents should try to spend quality time and communicate well with their kids to make their kids to feel that they are also a part of the family. But not every parents know how to do that and because of that, their children may misunderstand that their parents don't love or care about them. That is why I feel sad for those misunderstood parents. I have read the whole article. The girl said that "her parents never told her that they loved her" - how sad! The fact that she was provided with all that she needed and more, was because of LOVE. If her parent didn't love her, her running away would have been a "good riddance" to her parents and why should they get her back a few days later?

Being independent is not bad, but to have it at the expense of losing a family (the girl ran away from her family in the song), I think it is too heavy a price to pay, especially it is a family that loves the girl. I know young people always have their own thinking which may be different from the opinions of their parents. It does not mean that their parents don't trust them. Inexperience and immaturity is always the reason why mistakes are made. Some mistakes can be rescued but some the damage is done forever. What I am trying to emphasize here is that their parents love them too. Did they consider that when they made the decision to run away from home? Every parent will try to give the best to their own children. They won't want their children to learn about life the hard way - to be hurt, to fall, to cry then only they know. Communication is the key word in parent-children relationship. If only they can talk and listen. If they can understand each other. Then there will be less heartbreaking.