Letter From the Editor

Mother Knows Best

Rebecca Powers

Mother is disappearing.
Have you noticed? She’s vanished from morning television, newspaper headlines, TV dramas, evening newscasts, and politics. In her place is the more familiar “mom.”
It’s one of those word trends that talking heads latch onto and perpetuate, like saying “gone missing,” instead of vanished or disappeared.
With “mom” we get stories about ladies who seek support groups, makeovers, and girlfriend outings with chocolate. With mother, you get Mother Earth, Mother Lode, Mother Nature, Mothers of Invention. It’s a strong title, one that a previous generation of rolling-pin wielding ladies of the house no doubt preferred.
Our world needs more tough old birds and fewer “moms” shopping with their teenage daughters while looking like them, too.

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