Dee is unappreciative and disrespectful towards her mother and ultimately, as with almost everything; enough and the mother asserted herself, completely transforming herself as a character. In life you need to treat others the way you would like to be treated. This seems to be a saying that mom lived by, but her daughter didn't love her back. “Everyday Use” teaches the reader many lessons about the importance of a family and how easily individuals could be shaped by the world around them