"Hating Goldie" By Phyllis Rose

After reading "Hating Goldie", I understand that Phyllis Rose believed that in order to have a successful and fulfilling adult life, one must endure suffering throughout their childhood. She began the short story by acknowledging that she was from a well to do middle class family and that she grew up living a rather privileged lifestyle, which obviously means her parents never really forced her to suffer. Rose ultimately blames her parents for depriving her of the proper pain she needed to endure in order to become a "nourished artist". After reading this, and based on the psychiatrist mentioned at the very end about Rose's mother being a great parent, one can conclude that pain and suffering are not the keys to a successful adult life. To further this point, one may also refer to all the accolades highlighted in Rose's career prior starting the story, which proves that your level of success is not measured by how much suffering you endure as a child.