Mothering in the Middle

Researchers have shed light on the possible links between maternal age and autism. While much research has been done to identify potential genetic causes of autism, the new study led by Sven Sandin, of the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and King`s College, London, suggests that non-heritable and environmental factors may also play a role in children`s risk for autism. Read more at: http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/diseases/higher-maternal-age-may-predict-kids-autism-risk_16724.html.

If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother – Lin Yutang

Mothers are all slightly insane – J.D. Salinger

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: “Checkout Time is 18 years – Erma Bombeck

The phrase “working mother” is redundant - Jane Sellman

My mom said she learned how to swim. Someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. That’s how she learned how to swim. I said, ‘Mom, they weren’t trying to teach you how to swim’ – Paula Poundstone

I’m a mother with two small children, so I don’t take as much crap as I used to – Pamela Anderson