Some mothers simply don’t feel maternal in the way society expects them to, and often feel like there's something wrong with them. Can motherhood be expressed in different ways?
By Miriam Kosman
M
otherhood is put on a pedestal in Judaism.
This works well for the women who are naturally nurturing, who love small children, and who might choose kindergarten teacher as their dream job.
But what about those women whose teeth are set on edge by board games, who — even as they’re inspired by the image of happy children braiding challah with their calm and patient mother — would find doing so a minor form of torture?
What can we say to women who aren’t naturally attuned to the joys of being around small bodies and minds, who, though they love their children deeply, find the thought of spending years and years picking up Lego and spooning applesauce into little mouths daunting?
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