What lessons does Laila apply from her own childhood in raising her children in A Thousand Splendid Suns?

Above all else, Laina makes certain that both of her children will become educated as she was by her teacher father. Gone with the Taliban is the edict that forbids the education of females, so Aziza will join a new generation of Afghani females to attend school. Laila's marriage to Tariq will assure that both of her children receive an attentive and loving father, just as her own father was. Unlike her own mother, who doted over her brothers and paid little attention to her own well-being, Laila will show no favoritism toward Zalmai simply because he is a boy. By the end of the story, Laila has already developed a deep bond with her daughter, something that was often missing with her own mother.