{"id":16588,"date":"2025-05-19T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=16588"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:57:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T10:57:56","slug":"a-mothers-irreplaceable-role-in-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=16588","title":{"rendered":"A Mother\u2019s Irreplaceable Role in the Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/wifamilycouncil.org\/radio\/a-mothers-irreplaceable-role-in-the-family\/\">https:\/\/wifamilycouncil.org\/radio\/a-mothers-irreplaceable-role-in-the-family\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">In a recent article for Institute for Family Studies, Erica Komisar, writing about mothers, says, quote, \u201cHealthy mothers are not extraneous, fungible, or interchangeable with fathers\u2014they are unique, critical to a child\u2019s emotional security and future mental health. They provide\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ1293583.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ1293583.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">sensitive and empathic\u00a0<\/a><a title=\"https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ1293583.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ1293583.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">nurturing<\/a>, which is the foundation of compassion for others.\u201d End quote. In other words, a mother\u2019s role in the family is irreplaceable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mothers not only bring into the world the next generation, they have a profound and unique impact on the next generation. They fill a specific role as a nurturer and teacher, especially in their children\u2019s early years. Blessed is the family with a strong, godly mother in the home, for she is truly the heart of the family.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/wifamilycouncil.org\/\">WIFamilyCouncil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/wifamilycouncil.org\/radio\/a-mothers-irreplaceable-role-in-the-family\/ In a recent article for Institute for Family Studies,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wfc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16589,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16588\/revisions\/16589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}