Mother Brain Quotes

“In the long history of the idealization of motherhood, the notion that the selflessness and tenderness that babies require of their caregivers is ingrained in the biology of women, and only women, is a relatively modern one. It has been crafted by men upholding an image of what a mother should be, diverting our attention from what she actually is, and calling it science.”
― Chelsea Conaboy, Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood

“New parenthood is a period of monumental change for the brain, “a major event,” as she puts it.”
― Chelsea Conaboy, Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood