"Stand on your own two feet" is a telling metaphor. Its the phase of - the word is on the tip of my tongue - when youre just learning to walk and explore but you still need your mother. How your mother handles this first break between you pretty much sets the stage for each growth period ever after. If you take off, will she still be there when you come back? Or will she be mad and say, well obviously you dont need me anymore, youre on your own now. How did HER mother handle this phase with her? Im still paying for what my grandmother said to my mother, way before i was even born. And my t is paying for it too, as i move glacially thru the phases now. I was afraid if i had one good weekend, that was it - he would be done with me. SO not true.

Re-something is the word... its french...