Being a good mother

United States
March 6, 2010 5:56pm CST
To be a good mother i think you have to be able to care of your childs needs and so on. Some mothers today do not care about their childern as much as they should. They leave their babys at home with a baby sitter while they go out to "party". What do you think about this? What does a good mother mean to you?
7 responses
@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
18 Mar 10
Being a good mother can be regarded as a difficult thing and can also be said to be an easy thing. Mothers who every day take care of her own child without the help of caregivers may not be said to be a good mother. Sometimes, a mother made a mistake in educating. A good mother to me, is the mother who can take care of and educate their children properly. A mother who could make her capable of doing something positive. I am a mother who every day take care of my child without the help of baby sitter, but I'm not a good mother. I never give my child something useful for my child. I just always try to make my kids quiet and not disturb me, when I was working. So that my children have trouble at school. My son is very slow compared to other children. My child was 6 years old but like a child who was 3 years old. I immediately wanted to change everything, I want to be a good mother to my child. Now I am trying to make my child be a child that really 6 years old.
@zcastil (19)
• Costa Rica
11 Mar 10
Being a good mother is knowing and providing your babies need, when u r a mom it is alot of responsability and we should realize that our life is changing 100% in my opinion we just keep partying, there is a time in life for everything and if we are in the motherhood stage we should take it seriously. Leaving your baby at night to go out and party is not a good example, this does not mean that you can't go out but being and doing it responsible makes the difference. Our baby is first in everything
@kayebee (55)
• Philippines
7 Mar 10
I think being a good mother is being able to sacrifice and offer yourself for your children, being able to provide their needs physically, emotionally and spiritually. Also, being able to endure whatever pain we have to go through or your children has to go through for their eventual good.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
8 Mar 10
For me, the most important thing about being a mother is that I put my children first. They come before me in every aspect of my life. They are the reason that I rise from bed every morning and they are the reason that I have the will to go on. I have a seven year old daughter and a three year old son. Since my daughter was born I've always put her before myself even though I did work when she was young so that we could have a better life. Since my son was born I've been a stay at home mother and he has only been with a babysitter a couple of times and only been away from me two nights of his entire life (both of these were when my husband was having surgery.)
@jewels49 (1776)
• United States
8 Mar 10
Being a good mom also means taking good care of yourself. Sometimes that means a day or night to yourself. Becoming a mother doesn't mean you also become a martyr or that you give up your entire life for your children that are going to grow up and move off on their own, if we do the job right. Women that exclude everything from their life but their children and their neeeds.. burn out after awhile and usually don't make the greatest parents to begin with. In my opinion one of the greatest things we can give to our children is the knowledge that they matter and are valuable and that their lives need to stand for something, the best way to do that is by example. I have been a stay at home mom for over 20 years..I temporarily gave up chasing a career to chase children, but I certainly didn't give my life to do it.
@happy2512 (1266)
• Philippines
7 Mar 10
I think it is her own option if she is not willing to give up her personal happiness & that means entrusting her kids to the nanny or caregiver. I also go out seldom but I leave my toddler with my mom whom I can trust that she will do everything to comfort him & give him the necessary need he needs.
• United States
7 Mar 10
A good mother to me mean taking care of your children. Loving them,clothing them,spending time with them, educating them, taking them with you when you go places like the park,zoo exciting places. Spending time going to a bar or parties and leaving your kids home with a baby sitter I don't think is right. I have learned from mistakes that I have done in my life and I changed them. My kids get my full attention always and so do my grand babies.