Mothering Is the Most Important Human Effort There Is

Maternal love is our first experience of what love feels like. The maternal care we receive informs how we feel about ourselves throughout life. When a woman feels less than for choosing mothering over other types of work, or is judged for placing her career aspirations on hold, something is very wrong with collective thinking. Mother hunger emerges from the intergenerational inheritance of growing up in a culture that prefers men masculine traits and independence,. while devaluing women feminine traits and interdependence.