Cho Hyeryeon spoke about feeling sorry as she recalled her daughter’s childhood.
The story shared in a YouTube video released on 9월 9일 was a confession looking back on the time left between her busy broadcasting activities and her family.
The “friend-like mom” she described was far from a way of making decisions on behalf of her children.
3-Line Summary
1. Cho Hyeryeon said she apologized to her daughter
2. Her daughter said her mother’s absence had been significant
3. The meaning left by a friend-like mom
Recalling, “I Pretended to Read a Storybook and Fell Asleep”
In a video posted on her YouTube channel on 9월 9일, Cho Hyeryeon looked back on the period when she was raising her daughter while speaking with broadcaster Baek Jinkyung. When Baek Jinkyung asked whether she had apologized in the past, Cho Hyeryeon replied that she had apologized to her daughter.
She said she had been extremely busy with broadcasting activities when her daughter was young. She also recalled pretending to read a storybook when her daughter said, “Mom, open your eyes,” and “Read me a storybook,” before falling asleep because she was tired. Cho Hyeryeon said that if she could return to that time, she would want to be more of a friend to her daughter.
According to Cho Hyeryeon, after growing up, her daughter confessed that she wished her mother had been by her side, but that she had been too busy and her absence had been significant. Cho Hyeryeon said children know whether their parents genuinely play with them or treat them formally. What is noteworthy here is that, rather than giving a lengthy explanation of why she had been busy, she accepted in her own words the hurt her daughter remembered.
The Path to Independence After Dropping Out and Studying Abroad
Cho Hyeryeon previously revealed that her daughter had attended a prestigious high school in Korea, dropped out, then studied abroad in the United States before returning to Korea due to the impact of COVID-19. She also explained that her daughter later passed a transfer examination, was accepted to Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, and became independent.
According to a report by MediaFine, her daughter began working part-time at a convenience store and currently lives separately from her parents, earning living expenses while pursuing her studies and private tutoring. This is the growth process of Cho Hyeryeon’s daughter as conveyed by Cho Hyeryeon, making it impossible to define the time that followed based solely on one record of dropping out.
Cho Hyeryeon said that at the time she told her daughter to decide for herself, but that it was also a difficult period for her as a parent. The recollection in the video remains not a success story about deciding a child’s career path on the child’s behalf, but a story of belatedly coming to understand the path her daughter chose.
What Cho Hyeryeon Meant by “Like a Friend by Her Side”
When Baek Jinkyung asked for advice on raising a daughter, Cho Hyeryeon replied, “I want to be a mom who becomes like a friend by her side.” Rather than meaning that she would solve every problem, these words were closer to expressing a desire to listen closely to her child’s feelings and choices and continue their relationship.
While looking back on her absence when her daughter was young, Cho Hyeryeon also spoke about the process through which her daughter later found the direction of her life through her own efforts. That is why the heart of this confession lies not in a perfect method of parenting, but in a mother-and-daughter conversation in which they try, even belatedly, to apologize and confirm each other’s memories.
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