Question

excerpt from mom & me & mom excerpt from bridging the generational \maya, you disapprove of me because i am not like your grandmother. thats true. i am not. but i am your mother and i am working some part of my anatomy off to pay for this roof over your head. when you go to school, the teacher will smile at you and you will smile back. students you dont even know will smile and you will smile. but on the other hand, i am your mother. if you can force one smile on your face for strangers, do it for me. i promise you i will appreciate it.\ she put her hand on my cheek and smiled. \come on, baby, smile for mother. come on. be charitable.\ she made a funny face and against my will, i smiled. she kissed me on my lips and started to cry. \thats the first time i have seen you smile. it is a beautiful smile. mothers beautiful daughter can smile.\ i was not used to being called beautiful. 3. what is one similarity in the main ideas of both excerpts? a both explain how sports can help people bond with their families b both show how people from different generations can learn to understand each other c both describe why its important to change your opinions over time d both focus on why children should listen to their parents.

Explanation:

In the first excerpt, the mother is asking the child to smile for her, emphasizing her efforts and the child - parent relationship. The second excerpt (though not fully shown but from the question context) likely also has a focus on the child - parent dynamic. Option A is about sports which is not in the excerpts. Option B about different generations learning to understand each other is not the main idea. Option C about changing opinions over time is not the focus. Option D correctly points out that both seem to focus on why children should listen to their parents.

Answer:

D. Both focus on why children should listen to their parents.