My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, read more

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, read more

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.

There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one

There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one

I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.

I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.

Mothers of Teenagers Know Why Animals Eat Their Young

Mothers of Teenagers Know Why Animals Eat Their Young

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother understands what a child does not say.

A mother understands what a child does not say.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.