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Bringing up babies in prehistory was not an easy task, we are interested in researching cultural practices of mothering, which had profound implications for the survival of babies. It is fascinating to be able to see, for the first time, which foods these vessels contained. – Katharina Rebay-Salisbury	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I had no answer, i can only say Im so sorry, Sophia. I was frightened, I was stupidand I was so wrong. I am deeply ashamed of what I have done. I have done more damage than I could ever imagine. I realize now with my mothering that love and truth go hand in hand.I take full responsibility for my actions. – Felicity Huffman	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen – Ginger Rogers	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
They were devoted to children to the exclusion of their own freedom, and they’re not looking to repeat the mothering process with their grandchildren. – Susan Shapiro Barash	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The lack of effective mothering and fathering among more than half of our school children can, in fact, be traced backwards. – Ronald Thwaites	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
[Ever] was never a ‘good’ sleeper, so every two or three hours I was waking up to feed her and calm her. I never wanted to let her signals go unanswered and letting her cry it out was not the way I wanted to raise my child, not that I judge other methods of mothering, I just knew that it wouldn’t make me happy to allow her to be separated from us at night and cry for hours on end. And I always say, whatever you need to do to be a happy mother is the best for baby. – Milla Jovovich	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
You may not have a child come out of your vagina, but that doesn't mean you aren't mothering—dogs, friends, friends' children. this continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don't want to be a mother, and how selfish that is. – Jen Aniston	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
There is…nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people. – H. R. Schaffer, O Magazine, May 2003	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children. – Elain Heffner	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight. – Barbara Schapiro	added by anonymous 14 years ago
There isnothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people. – H. R. Schaffer	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Bringing up babies in prehistory was not an easy task, we are interested in researching cultural practices of mothering, which had profound implications for the survival of babies. It is fascinating to be able to see, for the first time, which foods these vessels contained.

– Katharina Rebay-Salisbury

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I had no answer, i can only say Im so sorry, Sophia. I was frightened, I was stupidand I was so wrong. I am deeply ashamed of what I have done. I have done more damage than I could ever imagine. I realize now with my mothering that love and truth go hand in hand.I take full responsibility for my actions.

– Felicity Huffman

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen

– Ginger Rogers

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

They were devoted to children to the exclusion of their own freedom, and they’re not looking to repeat the mothering process with their grandchildren.

– Susan Shapiro Barash

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The lack of effective mothering and fathering among more than half of our school children can, in fact, be traced backwards.

– Ronald Thwaites

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

[Ever] was never a ‘good’ sleeper, so every two or three hours I was waking up to feed her and calm her. I never wanted to let her signals go unanswered and letting her cry it out was not the way I wanted to raise my child, not that I judge other methods of mothering, I just knew that it wouldn’t make me happy to allow her to be separated from us at night and cry for hours on end. And I always say, whatever you need to do to be a happy mother is the best for baby.

– Milla Jovovich

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

You may not have a child come out of your vagina, but that doesn't mean you aren't mothering—dogs, friends, friends' children. this continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don't want to be a mother, and how selfish that is.

– Jen Aniston

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

There is…nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people.

– H. R. Schaffer, O Magazine, May 2003

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.

– Elain Heffner

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight.

– Barbara Schapiro

added by anonymous
14 years ago

There isnothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people.

– H. R. Schaffer

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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