Embracing Mistakes, Safety in Being Mad at Mom, and the Importance of Building a Strong Female Support System We have always said that she has a lot of moxie. At six she is already a force - brutally honest, tender, and unflinchingly determined. She knows herself in a way that I didn't know was possible at six. She knows who she is. She wants to understand everything and drinks up whatever I expose her to. She is going to make a wonderful adult, and I can't wait to know the person she will become.