Goodwill or Ill-Will

GOODWILL OR ILL-WILL while her in-laws’ house was undesirable. Consequently, she would live her entire life burdened by the notion that her marriage was a mistake, perpetuating a biased perception of her maternal relatives as good and her in-laws’ relatives as bad. In the present age, nearly every parent demonstrates this false goodwill towards their daughters, which ultimately transforms into continuous ill-will. The conditioning that the daughter receives from her maternal home prevents her from comprehending this matter objectively, while the parents inadvertently reinforce this conditioning instead of eliminating it. It is indeed true that a father should either refrain from excessive affection (pampering) towards his daughter or, at the very least, ensure that he conveys, upon parting, that the methods employed thus far were unnatural and the natural way forward entails adapting to the customs and norms of her in-laws’ home.