“I wonder if that's the difference between fathers and mothers. I'm friends with people who have kids that are like 5 and under, and they're still in that intense mother-bonding phase. It might just be that. Because the dads haven't changed.” PeopleIfsStillsMightKidsMotherFatherDifferencesWonderHavensChangedDadIntensePhasesBonding Author:Jen Kirkman
“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.” ChildrenHelpingMotherGrowsSidesMomIndependentParentingMotherhoodIntenseTragicBeing A MomBeing A MotherParadoxicalMotheringMother LoveMother's LoveMother And ChildMother ProverbsMother ChildLove For My MotherIntense LoveMother CareMom And ChildLove MomMother Son RelationshipMotherhood And LoveLove Being A Mom Author:Erich Fromm
“My mother is somebody who I think of as having just an intense close focus. She's somebody who really can pay very, very close attention to the thing she's focusing on for a very long period of time, and that has served her incredibly well in her professional career. She knows - the things she knows, she knows them just so deeply.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLongMotherPayAttentionCareersFocusPeriodsIntenseLong Periods Of TimeProfessional Career Author:David Plotz
“The sexual wishes in regard to the mother become more intense and the father is perceived as an obstacle to the; this gives rise to the Oedipus complex.” GivingMotherFatherWishRegardComplexesObstaclesIntenseOedipus Book:The Ego and the Id Source: The Ego and the Id