Besides the suffocating hidden corners of parents overprotecting their children, the movie "Steps into Life" also brings a contrasting but equally thought-provoking color through the characters Tran Lam (played by Manh Truong) and Mrs. Hanh (NSUT Lan Huong played).
In the past, Ms. Hanh, for personal reasons of force majeure, chose to leave, leaving her young son to fight against the process of maturity lacking maternal love.
When life stabilized, Mrs. Hanh returned with the desire to reconcile and make up for her son from years ago. However, contrary to her imagination, what she received in return was only coldness, avoidance, and even aversion from Lam.
This rejection is not entirely due to hatred, but a natural psychological defense mechanism. The child who was abandoned years ago had to learn how to grow up without his mother by his side.
Now, he fears that opening his heart to receive love will lead to another breakdown. Childhood wounds have become an invisible barrier, causing Lam to close himself to his own biological mother.
In the opposite direction, Ms. Hanh's efforts to be close now sometimes become a suffocating pressure for Lam, this is also the sigh of many modern parents.
Many people have the thought of leaving for personal reasons of force majeure, engrossed in chasing the vortex of food, clothing, and money with the promise to reassure themselves: "Later, when I have the conditions, I will compensate for my children.
However, they unintentionally forget that childhood time has no stopping button. Rushing material compensation efforts or awkward care in adulthood cannot replace childhood hugs.
Stepping into life" suggests a realistic perspective on family relationships in modern society, children's childhood passes very quickly and needs the direct companionship of parents rather than promises of compensation in the future.
Psychological gaps due to the lack of family affection are very difficult to completely fill with material things or late care. This is a matter of thought for many parents before the choices of life.
Because the natural bond between parents and children, once broken, will need a very long journey with patience and true understanding to be able to heal.
