There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.
Interpretation
Even the most cherished children can be a handful, exhausting their parents despite their love.
This quote highlights the complex emotions experienced by parents, particularly mothers, towards their children. It emphasizes that while a child may be loved and adored for their beauty and innocence, the challenges of parenting, such as the difficulties in getting them to sleep, can be overwhelming. It serves as a reminder that love and exhaustion can coexist within the parent-child relationship.
In practice
This quote could be used in a parenting seminar to discuss the realities of motherhood.
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Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
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For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.
I don't like the word 'businesswoman.' Perhaps 'committed mother' would be the best description.
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