| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 32087 |
| QUOTATION: | The good mother knows that frustration teaches tolerance and that instant gratification is not always best; the too good mother meets all of her son’s needs instantly. The good enough mother knows that a son needs to have ownership of his actions. She stands on the sidelines and cheers him on but lets him run past her in the race. The too good mother keeps her child from becoming independent; she mothers in a way that benefits herself, not her son. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Elyse Zorn Karlin (20th century), U.S. journalist, author. Sons: A Mother’s Manual, ch. 5 (1994). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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