Somebody said
teachers, psychologists and pediatricians know more
about children than their mothers
. . . somebody hasn't invested her heart in another human being.
 
Somebody said
if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out"
. . . somebody thinks a child is like a bag of plaster of Paris that
comes with directions, a mold and a guarantee.
 
Somebody said
being a mother is what you do in your spare time
. . . somebody doesn't know that when you're a mother, you're a
mother ALL the time.
 
Somebody said
"good" mothers never raise their voices
. . . somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her
child wind up and hit a golf ball through the neighbor's kitchen window.
 
Somebody said
you don't need an education to be a mother
. . . somebody never helped a fourth grader with his math.
 
Somebody said
you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the
first
. . . somebody doesn't have five children.
 
       Somebody said
a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing
questions in the books
. . . somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose.
 
Somebody said
the hardest part of being a mother is labor and
delivery
. . . somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first
day of kindergarten.
 
 Somebody said
a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one
hand tied behind her back
. . . somebody never organized seven giggling Brownies to sell
cookies.

Somebody said
a mother can stop worrying after her child gets
married
. . . somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or
daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.
 
Somebody said
a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home
. . . somebody never had grandchildren.

Somebody said being a mother is a side dish on the plate of life
. . . somebody doesn't know what fills you up.
 
   Somebody said
your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to
tell her
. . . somebody isn't a mother.