“The Mommy Mystique tells us that we are the luckiest women in the world -- the freest, with the most choices, the… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
“We seem to feel as though the life our children have -- that we have built for them -- is just a… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
“Too many of us now allow ourselves to be defined by motherhood and direct every ounce of our energy into our children.… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
“Something is missing, and it's something not so easy to name as semiabsent husbands, not so easy to point to as a… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
“--what's really unique about maternal anxiety today is our belief that if something goes wrong with or for our children, it's a… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
“All these things we do bespeak a terrible anxiety: that our children simply will not be able to make it through life… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
“I realized, listening to the silences that fell sometimes in my interview groups, that there are things that are sayable and unsayable… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
“The media not only fans our fears, it comforts us in our hubris. Nearly every scare story comes with a Message: You… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
