Some mothers are afraid to face the past because they never thought that they would have to.
Shy
mothers are afraid of stepping out of the box.
A lot of
mothers are afraid that if the baby settles into the childcare setting and is happy with the provider, that the baby won't love mom anymore.
In one case I counseled,
the mother was afraid to re-marry because her ex-husband was trying to poison their son against her and the man she was dating.
On the way to his baseball league's opening celebration in Stow, Massachusetts, the second - grader started crying so hard
his mother was afraid he'd have a panic attack after pollen blew into his eyes through open car windows.
I am a tad older than you though like in old enough to be
your mother I am afraid lol.
When we would visit another family,
my mother was afraid I might embarrass them by calling attention to something like dust balls or carpet stains.
Not exact matches
The boy that
was put on a plane here in our country by the adotive
mother who said she
was afraid of the boy and sent back home [orphanage] alone.
Not even the boys dared pick on her or her brothers because they
were afraid of
mother.
In our indictment of the «Jewish
mother» and her sisters of whatever religion or race, we have overlooked the fact that here
were mothers who cared and
were not
afraid to show it.
I
am that rare soul who can remember his First Confession, at age eight, very nearly word - for - word — I think because I
was terrified, and hyper - alert, and intent on remembering everything that Father Newman said, mostly because it
was my First Confession and I
was afraid I would
be sent to prison or farmed out to the Lutherans for the many times I had committed fisticuffs with my brothers and failed to honor my
mother and father — but also because Father Newman
was wry and funny and fond of reminding everyone that he
was, as far as he knew, the only Jewish Catholic priest in the diocese.
I
'm afraid of Obama now — His
mother messed him up — One day he
was a catholic, nest day he
was HIndu and at other times he believed Buddhism.
Women
are afraid that they will not
be able to publish in competitive fields at the same rate as their childless colleagues; they
are afraid that as new
mothers they will no longer
be taken seriously as scholars; and they
are afraid to take advantage of existing family leave policies in the event that chairmen and colleagues bristle at having to take on additional courses and other work when a new
mother takes maternity leave.
Recall the mottos of Blessed
Mother Teresa and Blessed Pope John Paul II: focus on faithfulness rather than success, and
be not
afraid!
Jesus didn't treat women that way, and his
mother wasn't at all
afraid to prod him into performing his first miracle at the wedding in Cana....
It
's ironic that the same
mothers who
are afraid / ashamed to breastfeed in church
are probably sitting near medieval paintings of the Virgin Mary breastfeeding baby Jesus!
But he had had two sons by this wife, and
was afraid that they would take the throne from him because he murdered their
mother, so he had his two sons murdered.
«New
mothers should not
be afraid of asking their
mother, or
mother - in - law, to look after the baby if they live fairly near.»
«During all this time I
was never joined in profession of religion with any, but gave up myself to the Lord, having forsaken all evil company, taking leave of father and
mother, and all other relations, and traveled up and down as a stranger on the earth, which way the Lord inclined my heart; taking a chamber to myself in the town where I came, and tarrying sometimes more, sometimes less in a place: for I durst not stay long in a place,
being afraid both of professor and profane, lest,
being a tender young man, I should
be hurt by conversing much with either.
«I
'm afraid we don't have time for worship,» one
mother told me after the meeting.
I have scary memories of the pressure cooker my
mother used and I
was afraid the whole lid might blow off like a volcano at any moment.
Their influence and understanding of the teaching method and her
mother's strong belief in leading by example and learn by doing, challenged Deya early in life to take risks and not
be afraid to fail, as well as her dad always pushing her to
be limitless creative.
I
'm afraid Mother's Day from now on will
be Danish Puff for breakfast & the shortbread for the other 2 meals.
I didn't because I
was afraid to submit my boys to the horrific scene of watching their
mother consume a mountain of cookies.
Stanton also
was not
afraid to use experienced
mothers on the ward to teach new moms.
In «Welcome With Love,» the older brother speaks of his
mother's noises during labor but he
's not
afraid because she had told him beforehand that although she «might make a lot of noise,» he mustn't worry because «that
's what it
's like when babies
are being born» and that she'll feel better if she yells and screams.
FINALLY a realist
mother who isn't
afraid to write about the fears that come with
being a mom.
To all the frustrated
mothers out there - don't
be afraid of CIO HOWEVER realize that it
is NOT for everyone and know (you will) when it
is too far.
Wrinkles said that a
mother called him up and said that her son
was misbehaving a lot, and because she knew he
was afraid of clowns, she decided to hire Wrinkles to get back at her kid for not listening to her.
She described how she has witnessed a woman get stuck at 7 cm (or whatever) for hours on end with no apparent physical reason, only to later discover that this women's
mother died in childbirth, so this woman
was afraid she would die too.
My grandmother and
mother made some beautiful quilts, but I
'm afraid to say that my efforts aren't very good!
The pants
are cute and it
is odd to
be afraid of them, and the little girl who
was afraid of them will probably get over it soon and her
mother and the school teachers should work with her about not
being afraid of cartoons on leggings.
A
mother going by GracyEvans on Mumsnet
was asking for advice about what to do because her toddler's pants had
been banned from daycare for
being «too scary» because they
were covered in cartoon monsters, and a little girl
was afraid of them.
You always hear jokes about different aspects of breast - feeding, and some
were afraid to bring it to the floor of the Senate because they feared there would
be embarrassing questions and that it would become a joke,» said Frazier, who got involved after a group of nursing
mothers came to his office and shared their experiences about breast - feeding in public.
The law
is aimed at doctors, hospitals, clinics and perhaps husbands (who might
be afraid that lactating might cause his lovely wife's breasts to sag), who prevent the
mother from breastfeeding.
If you
are afraid to say anything hard or possibly controversial to an expectant
mother than you
are asking for trouble later.
It
is being told it can interfere with latch — that it can make the baby lazy and not want to nurse — that makes
mothers afraid to give bottles.
I know now my
mother in law
was worried, she nver said a word I guess
afraid she would upset me.
I
was afraid of failing as a
mother so continued to breast feed until she
was 7 months.
Knowing what I knew, now that I
was a
mother, made me
afraid for all the babies in the world, amazed at how many of them had survived babyhood, despite
being born to
mothers who didn't have half of the emotional and financial and psychological resources I had.
Mothers - To -
Be - Tell us your biggest childbirth fear - OR - ask that burning question you have
been afraid to voice.
Is that you
are afraid your child will love her first
Mother more?
Add to that the mental and emotional anguish of not
being able to do what «every new
mother should
be able to do» and I
was afraid Tere
was going to melt down.
If a birthing
mother is feeling stressed and
afraid, she will not labor well, especially if her feelings go unheard or
are completely disregarded.
(i.e. Mommy, I
was so scared when I woke up in the train station and my birth
mother was gone, that now I
'm afraid of losing you too.
Don't
be afraid that this
is a «nutty» idea... truth
is, it
's completely natural and
is what
mothers have done for centuries.
Do not
be afraid to ask for help with laundry, cooking, watching babies while you sleep, help overnight, cleaning, hang out with people who encourage and support the way you
mother and breastfeed.
I
was afraid of a Birth
Mother changing her mind and stalking me, kidnapping «her» child back and haunting me forever.
Taught by the media and radical feminists to
be ashamed about their maternal, nurturing and intuitive side,
mothers are too often
afraid to follow and act on their intuition even though it tells them that a youth sports system which too often emphasizes winning and competition over fun and skill development, treats children as young as six as adults and cruelly and unfairly saddles so many as failures before they have even reached puberty because they weren't lucky enough to
be «early bloomers» or have a January birthday,
is not the kind of nurturing, caring and, above all, inclusive environment
mothers believe their children need to grow into confident, competent, empathetic, emotionally and psychologically healthy adults.
Some breastfeeding advocates don't seem to like to talk about frequent waking perhaps because they
are afraid mothers will
be discouraged from breastfeeding.