Opinion | Motherless Mothers Can Be Good Moms, Too
To the Editor: The research cited in this article supports a compelling link between the presence of a warm, available maternal grandmother and positive mother-child outcomes. But women without such mothers can and do become wonderful mothers themselves, despite what is presented as a critical deficit. Over the last 27 years, I’ve interviewed hundreds of women who were children, adolescents and young adults when their own mothers died. These women often feel a lack of confidence as parents, particularly around raising children past the age they were when their mothers died. They may feel an...
Source: nytimes.com