Marriage, motherhood, maternal instinct, mothering, maternal responses
are all associated very closely with the entity called mother. The way a
mother feels for her child is instinctive, with a number of hormonal and
psychological factors involved. There are certain well-defined and
clear-cut ways in which mothers react to their responsibility of child
bearing, child rearing and home making.
Most women go through the phase of experiencing the fantasies of the
motherhood myth and many other myths associated with it, for example,
myth of "instant bonding" and of "ideal mother."
This fantasy actually prepares the mother in her to undergo the entire
painfully pleasurable experience of mothering a child.
The myths of instant bonding and ideal mother make the whole concept of
motherhood seem so rosy, stimulating, meaningful and enriching. They
actually encourage every woman to cherish the feeling of being a mother
to a child and also the desire of mothering the child in the most
perfect manner possible.
