Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The nurturing and raising of a child or children by a mother.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rural custom of visiting one's parents and giving them presents on Mid-Lent Sunday: supposed to be derived from the custom in former times of visiting the mother church on that day. Also called
midlenting .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
mother . - noun The
nurturing of a child by its mother - noun The
protective behaviour of a mother towards her child - noun Nurturing or protective behaviour
reminiscent of that performed by aliteral mother - noun obsolete Shortened form of
a-mothering (obsolete ); practice of visiting one's literal or figurative mother or mother church (compareMothering Sunday )
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Examples
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Yes, it would have included being a good role model, but this text has helped me realize that feminist mothering is much more or should be much more than that.
Book Review: Feminist Mothering edited by Andrea O’Reilly 2009
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Feminist mothering is much more than raising empowered daughters or thoughtful son.
Book Review: Feminist Mothering edited by Andrea O’Reilly 2009
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My least favorite thing about mothering is how the mere act of becoming a mother seems to put you up for inspection and judgment by other mothers.
10 Things I Hate About Motherhood (And One That I Love) - Her Bad Mother 2010
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Things I love about mothering is the funny moments, we laugh alot here.
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Every individual/institution has a different opinion of what good mothering is but the problem is that it's been all wrapped up in this mutating, judgmental, mommy-war starting monster.
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I'm choosing to reject those oppositions, to state, loudly and forcefully, that moral valuations of motherhood are necessarily fluid, and that if my mode of mothering is 'bad' to some, then I will celebrate and defend that badness.
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Yes, it would have included being a good role model, but this text has helped me realize that feminist mothering is much more or should be much more than that.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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Shady politicians are heroes while it is actually the mothers of this country (and those in mothering roles) who hold things together.
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Feminist mothering is much more than raising empowered daughters or thoughtful son.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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I do think also that mothering is a skill, a talent, a vocation.
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