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A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children.

My mother did not like children.

There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the mother's joy, the child of the narcissistic parent feels like, 'What can I do to make her okay, to make her happy?'

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

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.

Look, if you ask a child, 'Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath,' they'll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think it's really important that children don't feel their parents' emotional lives depend on their success.

No mother, or father, should despair over whether or not they can afford - or access - the health care their child needs.

Good mothers make all kinds of choices. Making a decision that might sound selfish does not make a woman a bad mother.

There are plenty of mothers who should not be allowed to raise their children.