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> [What kind of choice is it, really, when motherhood forces you into a delicate balancing act -- not just between work and family, as the equation is typically phrased, but between your premotherhood and postmotherhood identities? What kind of choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/what-kind-of-choice-is-it-really-when-motherhood-forces-you-into-a/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

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## More by Judith Warner

> [“The Mommy Mystique tells us that we are the luckiest women in the world -- the freest, with the most choices, the broadest horizons,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/the-mommy-mystique-tells-us-that-we-are-the-luckiest-women-in-the/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“We seem to feel as though the life our children have -- that we have built for them -- is just a delicate house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/we-seem-to-feel-as-though-the-life-our-children-have-that-we-have/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“Too many of us now allow ourselves to be defined by motherhood and direct every ounce of our energy into our children. This sounds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/too-many-of-us-now-allow-ourselves-to-be-defined-by-motherhood-and/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [What kind of choice is it, really, when motherhood forces you into a delicate balancing act -- not just between work and family, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/what-kind-of-choice-is-it-really-when-motherhood-forces-you-into-a/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“Something is missing, and it's something not so easy to name as semiabsent husbands, not so easy to point to as a lack of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/something-is-missing-and-it-s-something-not-so-easy-to-name-as/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“--what's really unique about maternal anxiety today is our belief that if something goes wrong with or for our children, it's a reflection on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/what-s-really-unique-about-maternal-anxiety-today-is-our-belief-that/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [The American middle class, it seems to me, is looking to politicians now to satisfy a pretty basic - and urgent - level of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/the-american-middle-class-it-seems-to-me-is-looking-to-politicians/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“All these things we do bespeak a terrible anxiety: that our children simply will not be able to make it through life if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/all-these-things-we-do-bespeak-a-terrible-anxiety-that-our-children/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“There’s a general sense now that children’s rights, children’s needs, children’s wants and desires have taken on too prominent a place in our family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/there-s-a-general-sense-now-that-children-s-rights-children-s-needs/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“I found that when women were able to act in line with their natural inclinations and ambitions -- whether to work or stay at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/i-found-that-when-women-were-able-to-act-in-line-with-their-natural/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“I realized, listening to the silences that fell sometimes in my interview groups, that there are things that are sayable and unsayable about motherhood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/i-realized-listening-to-the-silences-that-fell-sometimes-in-my/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“I experienced a devastating loss of self...But in the same moment, I also recognized that a profound commitment had taken root inside me, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/i-experienced-a-devastating-loss-of-self-but-in-the-same-moment-i/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“If things are better for women there, it is due to a profound and enduring social consensus that life should be made livable based…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/if-things-are-better-for-women-there-it-is-due-to-a-profound-and/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [“The media not only fans our fears, it comforts us in our hubris. Nearly every scare story comes with a Message: You can take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/the-media-not-only-fans-our-fears-it-comforts-us-in-our-hubris-nearly/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

> [Remember: You're not alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-warner/remember-you-re-not-alone/)

[Judith Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-warner/)

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