custody, or the political correctness of becoming a house-husband. In fact, mother had better be careful or she’ll be pushed to the wings.’ In the first 60 years of this century in the United States we tended to eulogize mothers, putting them on a pedestal. However, with the emergence of the feminist movement and the increased opportunity, and even necessity, for women to work outside of the home, we discover an increased ambivalence about what it is to be a mother. Many articles are being written,