11/05/2026
All mothers deserve recognition of the love they freely give. That’s not in question.
But being a mother can look different for different women. You can be a dog mum, cat mum, budgie mum because sometimes you cannot have a human child, for whatever physical, mental or personal reasons that are yours alone and never need to be justified.
Having a child is a privilege many are not afforded. So if they choose to seek comfort by giving their nurturing love, energy and protection in to their animals, they friends, their siblings children, their students or patients, or their community it does not make them any less of a mother.
No one is saying it is the same as having a human child. At all. But to get angry and triggered at how other people spend their mothering energy when you know NOTHING about their personal circumstances is the opposite of the true meaning of motherhood itself.
Be kind. You don’t know what others are going through. Let them love who and what they want, how they want. It doesn’t affect your value as the mother of a human child. But your words of anger can affect a childless woman’s view of herself to a harmful degree.
