Promise is like a debt and we must also be careful not to make some promises when we are excited because at that point, we could say things out of control while putting ourselves in trouble of making up for what we’ve promised.

Also about breaking your mom’s promise, I think it’s valid because you know, sometimes our parents would feel we are still toddlers that need to be monitored, forgetting that we’ve gotten to a certain point where we could make decisions for ourselves and not be in trouble as long as we are careful.

But it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t stand on promises or perhaps in such situation, what we could do is to tell them “Okay, I’ve heard you.” It prevents us from making promises.