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Quotation of the Day for May 9, 2012"The good mother doesn't exist. She's a myth. It's utopian. If you stayed home full time to look after your children, when they're 16 or 18 years old you'll hear, 'Oh, my mother was always there, she was always present, but she was a burden.' And if you're not there and you worked, you'll get the other criticism, 'Oh my mother was never there. she was always rushed.' I'd say that if the good mother exists, she is as rare as Mozart. And honestly, we may be mothers, but we're human beings -- we have our limits, our own neuroses, our own subconscious, our own particular history. Whoever we are, we want to do our best. If women think they always do exactly what they're supposed to for their children, they're wrong, because we're not gods or goddesses." - Elisabeth Badinter, in an April 2012 Globe and Mail interview. Badinter is the author of The Conflict. [http://m.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/the-good-mother-doesnt-exist-shes-a-myth/article2416509/?service=mobile] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk May 8, 2012  |
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