A Crate Of Moms

The olympics may have been over and China may have been beaten to the number 2 by the US who have more golds, silver and bronze than China. While most of the world recalls the Olympics as China vs US, there seems to be another battle for gold. The stage is the publishing industry and the athletes are the 'tiger mom' vs 'western mom'. Welcome to mother vs mother the quest towards defining the the ideal mother.

Only a few in this world may have more than one mother to refer when they direct their thoughts backwards but universally everyone is familiar with the concept of motherhood...so who is the ideal mother, this topic has fueled several raging debates and hair raising discussions. over the years, the publishers, authors, columnists, bloggers and even mother have preferred certain categorizations. these classifications are meant to restore legitimacy to each approach, but happens when the options stack up in a contest. Imagine an online store with options like Asian moms, Western Moms, African moms or even the Middle Eastern mom, what would you choose. Another level of panic sets in when we have deeper options like 1. the tiger mom, 2. the dancing mom, 3. the pressure mom, 4. ninja mom, 5. the crying mom, 6. the cheerleading mom, 7. the facebook mom, 8. the guru mom, 9. the skinship mom, 10. the handsfree mom...understandably the quest and pursuit is a serious one worthy of cyber bloodshed and airtime.  which is the best or is it a prototype, a combination carefully selected to create a mutant mom.

motherhood at its purest form is nothing but an instinct, hence available to both sexes, with some degree of variation. interestingly, whilst a woman takes on the role of a mother she may instinctively chose one, or many or even all of these options to create another, completely new type. this phenomenon can help establish that motherhood is learnt & cultivated set of responses and mechanisms that are reapplied until the results are satisfactory. there is no doubt that the model the mother employs is dictated by child personality, and the availability of  surrogate forms of parenting. The most important factor in this choice is the expectation from the mother, this expectation is set by her inner guidelines, her interpretation of the world outside and the earlier versions of experienced and celebrated moms.this is probably the reason why a generation of women grew up not knowing what motherhood entailed because they had no personal experience in their childhood.

the 6 factors to consider while talking about moms are

1. the social context and the cultural expectation sets up the playing field for the mom and her approach is driven by current insecurities, motivations and world view. 
2. brands are better of addressing the anxieties of modern mothers to motivate them rather than feed the slotting which is based on their approach 
3. the mother is nothing but a creation of self assorted on the basis of her comprehension of expectations and social environment of the place and the challenges it may pose to her offspring 
4. she is burdened by needless expectations and liberated when she is empowered by resources and guidance 
5. she is the pressure point of modern society, vulnerable to criticism 
6. her efforts are praiseworthy, all she needs is support the responsibility is to make life simpler for her