Celebrating motherhood takes on all new meaning for every single person on Mother’s Day weekend. Having, knowing, being loved by a mother provides a child with a biological parent who is entrusted with an altruistic investment in their offspring's success unlike any other person on the planet.
Though renowned economist Dr. Gary Becker views this entrustment from an economic lens (Gary S. Becker, A Treatise on the Family (Harvard U. Press 1993), additional research suggests that being raised by one’s biological parent creates stronger parental investment and more effective parenting behaviors. (See Martin Daly & Margo Wilson, The Truth About Cinderella: A Darwinian View of Parental Love 63-93 (1998). That biological relationship may be "both necessary and sufficient" to explain the superior outcomes for children raised in married families with their mom.
Having that female role model within a committed relationship framework changes everything. From communication patterns, to security, to behavioral modeling that contributes to well-rounded development, there are thousands of definitive studies showing mothers are one of the most significant and important contributors of children’s physical, psychological, emotional and intellectual development. (See Lynne Marie Kohm, Rethinking Mom and Dad, 42 Capital U. L. Rev. 441 (2014).
Gratitude to mom today is now understood even by social scientists. Happy Mother's Day mom!
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