I want to greet the nation this Mother’s Day morning, as we praise and thank the woman who has given us so much and asked so little. It is this kind of attitude that makes for a civilized country. May we all develop this way of living as our own, so that in whatever aspect of life we are engaged in, we too will give more than we get or ask for.
A lot of women snicker at Mother’s Day. They think it is a ploy for business to make money. They think women deserve more than this. They say they don’t want honor they want power, or they want power along with honor.
There is a conflict between women about what kind of mother is superior – the mother who does not want a career or an influential job in business or government, or the mother who wants to work at a well-paid influential career while expecting her employer or the government to pay for child care?
The conflict is, is the woman, married or single, going to be the adult who spends most of the day with children under five, or is a company’s daycare staff going to spend most of the time with the children? Is society going to trust professional baby sitters more than America’s mothers?
This last question is important because it relates to the commercialization of Mother’s Day. If Mother’s Day is demeaning because of its crass commercialism, why isn’t it demeaning for children to be sent to school when they are two, to have shopping and conformity pounded into them. Those are supposed to be the years of magic and spontanaiety, with hours outside playing and exploring and developing a free independent mind.
In the past the role of the family was to act as a balance to the influence of government and business. If business promoted greed, the family encouraged children to lead a simple life. When the government became oppressive, the family knew it could trust each other.
With the power of business and government increasing, I am suprised that women do not act upon their self-proclaimed wisdom to do everything they can to keep their children away from daycare.
There is another way to look at the issue. Women demand numerous rights.
One right they insist on is not to be told whether or not to have children. But there is no pride to match the rhetoric. If a woman wants to have a child, then she cannot expect taxpayers to pay for her child’s daycare, or a customer to be willing to pay more for a product so she can bring her child to her company’s daycare facility.
America desperately needs its mothers to spend more time with their children, to rise against the constant stimulation and organization of America’s children.
Traditionally we have looked to men to inspire and ingrain children with a love for freedom. These times however, favor women.
It is women, more than men, who talk about freedom and who lust for freedom. Your children need you to light the flame of individualism in them.
America will then reclaim its pride as it celebrates our titans of liberty every Mother’s Day.
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