Meanwhile, you are disrespecting the person who conferred it on you. You should know your way around the house and fix yourself a meal if your wife is not around or indisposed. THE Hyundai Electric Car, Kona which was recently introduced into the Nigerian market must have come at the right time w... By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, issued a warrant for the arrest of son... By Peter Egwuatu The stock market Monday recorded a new high after five months of low activity as the benchmark index, N... Beijing lashed out at India on Wednesday after it banned another tranche of Chinese apps for national security reasons,... By Owei Lakemfa THE story of Labour leader, John Enas Dubre, and the transnational oil corporations operating in Nigeria... Dr, you once said to me that I have people like you to campaign for me and to canvass my ideas. The Responsibilities of a Mother in a Family is to attend to her children and help raised them to become responsible adults. That’s how the roles within the family are defined. The type of play mothers engage in with their children gives children benefits that father-child play doesn’t, according to a study entitled “Parent-Child Physical Play,” by psychologist Kevin MacDonald, et al.. Much of the stress that comes from being a mother is related to the difficulty in gaining and maintaining control over your children as they grow. The love of a mother is something very important in the development of children . Not only that, but psychology has found this instinct to be reinforced by children. Unlike the foundation of a building that you can breakdown and make again, here once the foundation is laid, it is laid. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. An expectant mother has a responsibility to eat the right food for the proper and healthy development of her unborn child. It is what motivates mothers to do better and handle things, even when we don’t think we can. Though technically the main job of a mother is “parenting,” motherhood doesn’t merely exist in the present -- long-term planning is a crucial aspect of being a mother. I have told the story before of how a relative told me that “you will lament it in future” when I was a little boy. Let us take a look at the 10 important roles of a mother in child development. By setting behavioral boundaries and disciplining children when they break boundaries, you show your children how certain behaviors are unacceptable, gradually shaping their actions in a pro-social, productive direction. However, if a child throws a tantrum and meets a serene, affectionate mother and father but ‘who do not give in’ to their cries, they will stop tantrums and look for other alternatives. If the parents break down their role and allow their children to come into their sphere, the consequences can be serious. We women are no longer waiting for the husband at home, while we are raising our children. She keeps on giving and almost never asks for anything in return and does all of this like it is not a very big deal. Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child; John Gottman. The content in this publication is presented for informative purposes only. In no sense is this information intended to provide diagnoses or act as a substitute for the work of a qualified professional. Society often mentions the “maternal instinct” when pointing out a woman’s desire to protect children. Before assuming the role of mother, we have had to be daughters so that it will not hurt to remember the experiences we lived as such in the past and the education we received from our parents.