Used by mainly middle- and upperclass speakers to address their mothers. The word is most often used alone, but it can become ‘mother darling’, ‘mother dear’, ‘my dear mother’, etc., is especially if the speaker is a...

A bad mother wishes for good children. (Spanish) A bustling mother makes a slothful daughter. (Portuguese) A child’s fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which her mother puts into her palm. (African) A lover loves one day, a mother all...

According to Jewish Law, the mother should share equal respect with the father. A child inherits his or her Jewish status from the mother and the child of an unmarried Jewish mother is Jewish in every respect. A *mamzer is the child not of unmarried...

One of the ‘mother’ group of vocatives, a short form of ‘momma’, itself a variant of ‘mama’. ‘Mom’ is especially frequent in novels written by American authors, reflecting working-class life. The normal...

Faces of mother and child; detail of sculpture at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA. A mother is a biological and/or social female parent of an offspring. In the case of a mammal such as a human, the biological mother gestates a fertilized ovum,...

MARY AMOROSO The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-11-1997 MOTHER TO MOTHER -- A SPECIAL SALUTE TO THE DEPTHS OF YOUR LOVE AND DEVOTION By MARY AMOROSO Date: 05-11-1997, Sunday Section: LIFESTYLE Edition: All Editions -- Sunday Column: THE PRESSURED PARENT Happy...

Polly Drew Mothers, take time to reflect on the gifts of life By POLLY DREW Sunday, May 13, 2001 "Honey," says my mom, "If you don't want to go, I understand." Of course she understands. My mother has always...