Themes · 1993
Motherhood in all its guises and permutations is more art than science.
— Melinda M. Marshall · Good Enough Mothers, ch. 3
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Motherhood is described as requiring something closer to judgment and creativity than a fixed technical method. The reference to its many forms resists a single formula. The comparison values responsiveness to particular circumstances without claiming that knowledge or practical guidance has no place in raising children.
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