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> [If work is part of your identity, think very carefully before you give it up. Giving it up won't make you a better mother; it will make you less of the person you are; and that will make you less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marzollo/if-work-is-part-of-your-identity-think-very-carefully-before-you-give/)

[Jean Marzollo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marzollo/)

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## More by Jean Marzollo

> [Good guilt is a product of love and responsibility. It is a natural, positive instinct that parents and good child care providers have. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marzollo/good-guilt-is-a-product-of-love-and-responsibility-it-is-a-natural/)

[Jean Marzollo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marzollo/)

> [Both at-home and working mothers can overmeet their mothering responsibilities. In order to justify their jobs, working mothers can overnurture, overconnect with, and overschedule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marzollo/both-at-home-and-working-mothers-can-overmeet-their-mothering/)

[Jean Marzollo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marzollo/)

> [In the best of all possible worlds, childbirth enriches a marriage. In the worst, it harms it. No matter how good their marriage is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marzollo/in-the-best-of-all-possible-worlds-childbirth-enriches-a-marriage-in/)

[Jean Marzollo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marzollo/)

> [You may, or may not, have better child care instincts than your husband; but his can certainly be developed. If you don't respectthe natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marzollo/you-may-or-may-not-have-better-child-care-instincts-than-your-husband/)

[Jean Marzollo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marzollo/)

> [If work is part of your identity, think very carefully before you give it up. Giving it up won't make you a better mother;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marzollo/if-work-is-part-of-your-identity-think-very-carefully-before-you-give/)

[Jean Marzollo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marzollo/)

> [The frequency of personal questions grows in direct proportion to your increasing girth. . . . No one would ask a man such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marzollo/the-frequency-of-personal-questions-grows-in-direct-proportion-to/)

[Jean Marzollo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marzollo/)

> [Keep telling yourself and others there are no supermoms, there are only wonderful mothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marzollo/keep-telling-yourself-and-others-there-are-no-supermoms-there-are/)

[Jean Marzollo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marzollo/)

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