motherhood

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She performs humble Christian motherhood with aplomb, her antisocial personality tucked away as deftly as the farmhouse kitchen’s off-camera dishwasher.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Ms. Alexander, deservedly Oscar-nominated for the role, creates a grounded, subtle portrait of persevering motherhood, Carol’s husband never having returned from San Francisco and very likely dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Orna Donath's study also finds that for some, regretting motherhood is a feeling that never goes away.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Donath interviewed 23 mothers, each of whom emphasised the difference between their feelings of regretting motherhood and how they felt towards their children.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

I was a healthy young woman and I was going to have this baby, and I would deal with motherhood when it came.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose