Old fashioned nuturing mothers
2008-05-11 · Original WordPress address
Mother's Day was meant to be — and still is — a celebration of a nineteenth-century ideal of motherhood, when mothers were supposed to dedicate themselves completely to nurturing their children and making a cozy, safe home
--- Laura Prieto, an associate professor of history and women's studies at Simmons College in Boston
Well, I don't celebrate the 19th century version of motherhood on mother's day. My mother worked all through my childhood and was a single mother through a good chunk of it and yet --- and yet! --- I celebrate her on Mother's Day every year. Maybe the professor is right, though. Mom did nurture me and home was always cozy. Let's all look forward to the day when those stodgy old ideals go by the way side ((There's a possibility this quote was taken out of context.)).