http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 14 May 2006 23:05:52 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/15/120841.php#comment-369180 THanks Dawn and thanks moms all ! 369180@blogcritics.org Sun, 14 May 2006 23:05:52 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/15/120841.php#comment-368994 A couple of weeks back while the kids and I were going through books in the kiddie section at B&N I saw a baby about ten months old trying to crawl off a bay window ledge. Dunno what the mother had been thinking when she left her kid on the ledge and she was a few paces away from the baby browsing through books. The little one tried to get down face front and my maternal instincts went into an overdrive and I found myself running over and grabbing the baby before she fell. The mother was a bit sheepish when she took her wailing baby from me but it was then that I realized that maternal instincts have a way of extending towards all babies;) 368994@blogcritics.org Sun, 14 May 2006 17:44:19 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/15/120841.php#comment-4648 No, it's true, not all mothers are instinctively "good" at being mothers, but most are when you do the numbers. Just as most father's are good at their job. It's the role reversal I found to be most difficult to imagine. Hence my thankfulness for the goodness of mommies. Thanks for being a great dad, your children and I are most appreciative. There is no substitute for Dad - that's for sure! 4648@blogcritics.org Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:47:16 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/15/120841.php#comment-4647 Unfortunately, not all mothers DO feel the way you do: through nature or nurture (lack thereof) they are able to filter out the insticnts you feel so deeply toward your own and even other children. I deeply grateful for you, my own mother, and all mothers who do share the burden of being maternal. 4647@blogcritics.org Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:39:26 EST