Mothers, You are Terrifying
"She didn't want this; she didn't want for Mom to know her like Mom had gotten to know Caroline and Mini; she didn't want to become these weird monosyllabic love-zombies like them, them with their wonderful families - how dare they complain so much, how dare they abandon them for this creature?" - Kim 68; 453-453 Ronnie's awareness throughout "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying" shows a great distinction between Caroline and Mini's perspectives on their relationships with their families and birth mothers. Ronnie notes that the other two have been completely sucked into Mom's "love", suggesting they're lacking that guidance and support in their adopted families - which we can see throughout the story with Caroline's school and ballet pressure and Mini's parents' divorce. While these two are completely focused on skewed love from parental figures, Ronnie's focus lies in Alex, her adopted f...