Mom Says It Best: Would You Jump Off A Cliff, Too?

ACROSS AMERICA — Diane Elliott Bates’ mom didn’t mess around with clichéd scenarios that aren’t likely to play out.

If so-and-so jumped off a cliff, would you follow?

She offered the straight truth:

“Think for yourself; don’t just go along with others.”

Bates of Naperville, Illinois, is among Patch readers sharing the best advice they ever got from their moms in our extended celebration of Mother’s Day.

Come back to Across America Patch every day through Mother’s Day — Sunday, May 9 — for more of these morsels of wisdom we can relate to and smile about as we think of our own moms.

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