Motherhood Quote by Susan J. Douglas

“After all, the media have been and are the major dispenser of the ideals and norms surrounding motherhood: Millions of us have gone to…

— Susan J. Douglas

Great mothers bring the arms of comfort to an insecure child in a world of uncertainty.

— Reed Markham

“Social expectations about what constitutes a good or a bad mother haunt every decision, and the rise of the parental advice industry ensures that…

— Jessica Valenti

“underscores the fact that parents’ fears are well founded. The numbers don’t lie, and there are too many of them to ignore or dismiss…

— Richard Bromfield

“The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children ourweigh our fears”

— Ellen Goodman

Kids are anchors of mothers' life

— Sophocles

“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all at once.…

— Jill Smokler

“More than almost anything else, the experience of parenthood exposes the gulf between our experiencing and remembering selves. Our experiencing selves tell researchers that…

— Jennifer Senior

“What the world really needs is courageous parenting from mothers and fathers who are not afraid to speak up and take a stand.”

— Larry R. Lawrence

A "snapshot" feature in USA Today listed the five greatest concerns parents and teachers had about children in the '50s: talking out of turn,…

— Mary Blakely

“--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…

— Judith Warner

I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly…

— Jodi Picoult