2006-10-12 15:27:17 · 6 answers · asked by freemansfox 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
A good Mother loves you unconditionally but also allows you to make mistakes and take the consequences of your actions. She teaches you responsibility by showing you from a young age how to care for yourself and and be thoughtful of others ,how to stand up for yourself, and to make sure that you know without a doubt that if you need to lean on someone she is there and that she loves you. She teaches that you don't use people and that you see all sides of an issue and are able to make up your own mind and not be easily led. She is a good example of all the things she claims to believe in so you learn to not be a hypocrite.
2006-10-12 15:49:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that is such a loaded question! I am a mother of two girls, one 10 months old, and the other 4 years. I spend a lot of time hoping that I am a good Mother, and probably as much time wondering what makes a mother, a good one. I have come to this conclusion during my short run at it!
I think, that we women are awfully hard on ourselves, and each other. I think a good Mom just might lose her patience every now and then, and still retain her goodness. I think she might even once in a while give herself a pedicure before reading the kids a story. I don't think you have to sacrifice yourself and your identity to be a good Mom. I think the idea that our society has of the "Good Mother" is unattainable without giving up the Mother in the process. I think a good Mother is imperfect, and can show her children that she is imperfect, and teach them that we all are striving to be better, but that no one is perfect. I think a good Mother makes mistakes, and is sometimes late, and doesn't always include vegetables with dinner. I think that a good Mother tries her best, and can sleep easy at night because not another soul has loved her children like she has...and her children know it.
2006-10-12 23:10:46 · answer #2 · answered by quilt_mommy_2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Admitting when her child is wrong. If she covers for her kid's misdeeds, she does her kid an even bigger misdeed by teaching him(her) that the misdeed was okay.
2006-10-12 22:42:47 · answer #3 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thoughtful, caring, compassionate, stern, knowledgeable, teacher, role model, coach, guide...
2006-10-12 22:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by comfymrschafer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good temper, understanding, caring, considerate, unconditional love,
2006-10-12 22:38:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
always put your children1st
2006-10-12 22:48:30 · answer #6 · answered by sandy k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋