I Stand Here Ironing

In the story "I Stand Here Ironing", written by Tillie Olsen, i feel the narrator believes somehow it is her fault that her daughter has problems. I'm sure she feels guilty because maybe if she had spent more time with her, hugging her, talking with her things may have turned out differently for her daughter.
I do feel that if the mother had spent time with her daughter she wouldn't have turned into herself, and so cold. The daughter was sent away, when if felt if the family had just given her the attention and love she so longed for she would have been fine. For example in the story it says, "There was a tiny girl who always stood hand in hand with Emily. Her parents never came. One visit she was gone. "They moved her to Rose Cottage," Emily shouted in explanation. "They don't like you to love anybody here." To me this little girl was craving love and affection.
Was Emily's mother a good mother? Yes, she did her best trying to raise her children without having much to give them. She never turned her back on them, devoted. She only did what other's told her, that her daughter needed help. There is no correct way of parenting, but we need to accept our children for who they are. We all have talent, maybe hidden just as Emily's mother saw in this story. She realizes this when she says, " She is so lovely". "She will find her way".(288).