“[Among the Arapeh... both father and mother are held responsible for child care by the entire community...] If one comments upon a middle-aged man as good-looking, the people answer: 'Good-looking? Ye-e-e-s? But you should have seen him before he bore all those children'.” PeopleIfsMenShouldChildrenCareMotherFatherCommunityAnswersMiddleShould HaveResponsibleCommentBoresLooking GoodMiddle AgedChild Care Author:Margaret Mead
“It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most solicitous as to the virtuous behavior of their daughters.” CharacterMotherMoralCircumstancesMoralityBehaviorDaughterCommentVirtuousSevereNotableMoral Character Author:Antoine Rivarol
“I recall my mother asking in about 1946 what I was and I replied proudly that I was a professor. A decade later she repeated her question and I repeated my answer. "No promotion?" was her comment.” MotherAnswersEconomyAskingDecadesCommentProfessorsRecallsPromotion Author:George Stigler