Children Quote by Alexandra Kollontai
“The worker-mother must learn not to differentiate between yours and mine; she must remember that there are only our children, the children of Russia’s communist workers.”
About This Quote
Source Treatise: Soviet Women’s Labor, 1920
Mothers should see children as collective, not personal, to unite workers.
In simple terms: Children belong to all workers, not just individuals.
Promote collective responsibility for children.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- Factory settings
- community childcare
- political rallies
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How does collective child-rearing affect family bonds?
- Can personal care coexist with communal responsibility?
Balancing individual needs with collective ideals is challenging.