“We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of nation-building, to do our duty with integrity, commitment and unflinching loyalty to the values enshrined in our Constitution.” ChildrenPlayMotherValuesAsksNationsRolesBuildingDutyIntegrityDramaEqualCommitmentIndiaConstitutionComplexesLoyaltyNation Building Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“I'm not much like my mother; that role falls to my brothers, who have more of her blithe and freewheeling spirit.” SpiritMotherFallRolesBrotherMy BrotherBlithe Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So I would compensate with a character like Logan Cale. He's wearing glasses, he's in a wheelchair, he's a computer genius. He's very far away from who I am, but I really wanted to play roles where I'd be taken seriously.” PeopleLittlesPlayCharacterWantedMotherFatherFeltRolesTakenGeniusComputerSmartMarkGlassesWho I AmFar AwaySmart PeopleVery SmartWheelchairs Author:Michael Weatherly
“Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets.” ThinkingSaidPlayMotherInterestingRolesExcitingDeeperTeenager Author:Naomi Watts
“My sister Jennifer is an Emmy winning journalist and mother of three amazing girls. She brings an exceptional dedication to her job, her family, and her community, and has been a role model of mine for many, many years. I'm extremely proud of her.” YearsHas BeensJobsMotherGirlThreeWinningCommunityRolesMinesProudModelsJournalistRole ModelsMy SisterDedicationExceptionalJenniferEmmys Author:Ron Livingston
“Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.” Has BeensMotherRolesMomMotherhoodFulfillingBeing A MotherHappy Mothers Day Author:Annette Funicello
“The feminists took me as a role model, as a mother. It bothers me. I am not interested in being a mother. I am still a girl trying to understand myself.” TryingStillsMotherGirlRolesModelsFeministGenderBotherRole ModelsNot InterestedBourgeoisBeing A Mother Author:Louise Bourgeois
“I've often wanted to play the victim, or somebody who makes terrible choices. I would love to play the alcoholic mother who horribly lets down her children. That's a great morally imperiled role.” ChildrenPlayWantedMotherChoicesRolesTerribleVictimAlcoholicsLet Down Author:Lucy Lawless
“Each person is entitled to some version of God that seems real, yet many versions contradict one another. The God of any religion is only a fragment of God. This has to be true, because a being who is unbounded has no image, no role to play, no location either inside or outside the cosmos, whereas religions offer many images--father, mother, lawgiver, judge, ruler of the universe.” PersonsRealPlaySeemsMotherUniverseFatherRolesJudgingOffersVersionsBeing TrueCosmosRulersEntitledLocationFragmentsFather Mother Author:Deepak Chopra
“My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always giving back. It's something I hope that I've become a role model for my children.” MenGivingChildrenMotherFatherRolesModelsAppreciateMy ChildrenGenerousRole ModelsGiving BackSiblingCharitablePhilanthropicMy Siblings Author:Steve Tisch
“The concept of 'Momism' is male nonsense. It is the refuge of a man seeking excuses for his own lack of virility. I have listened to many women in various countries, and I have never found a woman who willingly 'mothers' her husband. The very idea is repulsive to her. She wants to mother the children while they are young, but never their fathers. True, she may be forced into the role of mother by a man's weaknesses and childishness, and then she accepts the role with dignity and patience, or with anger and impatience, but always with a secret, profound sadness unexpressed and inexpressible.” MenWantMayChildrenIdeasCountryYoungMotherFoundFatherSecretAcceptingRolesSadnessHusbandWeaknessConceptsDignityProfoundMalesSeekingVariousExcuseNonsenseRefugeImpatienceChildishnessProfound Sadness Author:Pearl S. Buck
“It is easier for a woman to be a good wife than a good mother. A widow has two duties with contrary obligations: she is a mother and she must exercise paternal authority. Few woman are strong enough to understand and to play this role.” TwoEnoughPlayMotherStrongRolesWifeDutyEasierExerciseAuthorityContraryObligationStrong EnoughWidowsGood MotherGood Wife Author:Honore de Balzac
“A mother's role is God-ordained. Mothers are to conceive, bear, nourish, love, and train. They are to be helpmates and are to counsel with their husbands.” MotherRolesBearsHusbandTrain Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“[On women's role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.” FeelsHomeMotherWomenSituationRolesWifeHouseholdScrewsHouseworkHousekeepersWife MotherWomen's Roles Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“Men have jobs, while women have Roles: Mother, Wife, Goddess, Temptress, etc. That's probably why it's so hard for women to rewrite the rules. You're not just changing a job description, but an ancient myth. You're revising the Bible, Poetry, Legend and Psychoanalytic Scripture.” MenHardJobsMotherRolesWifeAncientMythScriptureEtcDescriptionLegendsGoddessRevisingPsychoanalyticTemptress Author:Caryl Rivers
“Anybody can become a widow. There aren't any special qualifications. It happens in less time than it takes to draw a breath. It doesn't require the planning, for example, that it takes to become a wife or a mother or any of the other ritual roles of womanhood.” HappensMotherRolesWifeSpecialExampleDrawsBreathsPlanningRitualWomanhoodWidowsQualificationsWidowhood Author:Jacquelyn Mitchard
“claims about what's 'natural' have long been used to reinforce traditional gender roles and values. ... Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.” MenShouldChildrenLongImportantIdeasUsedMotherValuesFunNaturalRolesShould HaveClaimsNotionGenderTraditionalSexismInherentInnateGender Roles Author:Jessica Valenti
“Even today . . . experts, usually male, tell women how to be mothers and warn them that they should not have children if they have any intention of leaving their side in their early years. . . . Children don't need parents' full-time attendance or attention at any stage of their development. Many people will help take care of their needs, depending on who their parents are and how they chose to fulfill their roles.” PeopleIfsNeedsShouldYearsChildrenHelpingCareTodayMotherParentSidesAttentionRolesStageDevelopmentIntentionMalesLeavingTake CareExpertsAttendance Author:Stella Chess
“I think it can be hard for any man to sometimes be upstaged by his wife. So when I'm home, I work very hard to be Todd's wife and Jade's mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with.” ThinkingMenTryingYearsSometimesHardProblemHomeYoungMotherGirlRolesWifeMetsYears AgoTraditionalNo ProblemJade Author:Giada De Laurentiis
“I have an incredible role model in my mom. She was a single mother raising two kids in New York.” TwoKidsMotherRolesNew YorkMomModelsIncrediblesMy MomRole ModelsSingle Mother Author:Kim Raver
“Apprenticeship is one of the dearest roles of childhood, not just watching Dad or Mother, but being taught a hands-on trade.” ChildrenHandsMotherRolesChildhoodTaughtDadTradeApprenticeship Author:Carol Bly
“My mother taught me to focus on being myself and not to worry what other people think about you. I know that as long as I'm a good person I'll stay on the right path. From my dad I learned that when someone tells you “No” it's only the beginning of a conversation. They both have always let me know that I can do anything I want to do as long as I don't give up. They are the most important role models in my life because they are exactly who I want to be when I grow up. They are supportive and understanding and I try every day to remember what they've taught me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantGivingTryingPersonsLongI CanImportantRememberMotherGrowsUnderstandingCan DoRolesWorryGrowing UpPathFocusTaughtDadConversationGiving UpModelsLet MeMy DadRole ModelsSupportiveGood PersonDon't Give UpRight PathBeing MyselfDay To Remember Author:Lauren Conrad
“The women of my mother's generation had, in the main, only one decision to make about their lives: who they would marry. From that, so much else followed: where they would live, in what sort of conditions, whether they would be happy or sad or, so often, a bit of both. There were roles and there were rules.” Would BeMotherBitsWomenDecisionRolesGenerationsConditions Book:Living Out Loud Source: Living Out Loud
“The truth is despite the hard work and juggling required to keep the different facets of the frantic life afloat, the "superwoman"has one marvelous compensation. Being busy and being seen to be busy lets you off the hook. Buys you a way out of all aspects of your many roles you secretly despiselike cleaning cupboardsor entertaining your husband's business friends. When you combine wife, mother, career and all, each role become the perfect excuse for avoiding the worst aspects of the other.” WayDifferentHardMotherWomenWorkPerfectCareersRolesWifeWorstHard WorkTruth IsHusbandAspectBusyExcuseDespiteEntertainingMarvelousAvoidingHookCleaningCompensationFacetsYour HusbandFranticJugglingBeing BusySuperwomanWife Mother Author:Bettina Arndt
“Ideas about mothers have swung historically with the roles of women. When women were needed to work the fields or shops, experts claimed that children didn't need them much. Mothers, who might be too soft and sentimental, could even be bad for children's character development. But when men left home during the Industrial Revolution to work elsewhere, women were "needed" at home. The cult of domesticity and motherhood became a virtue that kept women in their place.” MenNeedsChildrenIdeasCharacterHomeMightMotherLeftWorkResponsibilityRolesVirtueFieldsRevolutionDevelopmentNeededMotherhoodExpertsShopsElsewhereSentimentalCultCharacter DevelopmentIndustrial RevolutionDomesticityKept Woman Author:Sandra Scarr
“Mothers have not always had the most important role in their children's upbringing, when they had other economic roles to play. Inpast centuries, fathers were the key parent in the upbringing of the next generation, because moral training, not emotional sensitivity, was thought to be central to successful child-rearing. Mothers were thought to corrupt their little ones with too much affection and not enough stern training.” ChildrenLittlesImportantEnoughPlayMotherNextFatherParentMoralRolesSuccessfulToo MuchGenerationsEconomicCenturyEmotionalKeysTrainingAffectionSensitivityNext GenerationUpbringingChild Rearing Author:Sandra Scarr
“Four- and five-year-olds' play is permeated with the rankest sexism. No matter what their parents do and say, they play their momand pop roles in ultraconventional style. We've seen little girls whose mothers are doctors absolutely refuse to take the doctors' parts in their play, insisting that "only boys can be doctors," against all reason. Girls do more washing and drying of clothes, dishes, and babies than they've ever seen their own mothers do, and they turn their play husbands into TV-watching drones who do nothing but talk about money.” YearsChildrenLittlesMatterReasonPlayMotherTurnsGirlParentBoysRolesFiveFourStyleTvsBabyHusbandClothesDoctorsNo Matter WhatRefusePopsFive YearsSexismDishesWashingDronesFive Year OldsInsistingChildren Playing Author:Stella Chess