I am the mother of one daughter, but over the years I've added more children along the way....or should I say they adopted me as their "other "mom." It seems that I am part of a new trend for millennials who declare that they have more than one person they think of as a mother figure. According to a recent survey conducted by Edible Arrangements®, although millennials consider their mother to be their primary mother figure (87%), they are more likely to have more "other mothers" than older generations. Meanwhile, 44% of Americans ages 18 to 54 have three or more mother figures in their lives, and one in five (20%) say they have five or more. Of the "other mother" figures, friends account for 36%; while grandmothers and mothers-in-laws are tied at 22%.
What wasn't revealed by Edible Arrangements® in this survey are some of the reasons WHY someone would look to another person as a mother figure.
Here's a perspective from Don Smithmeier:
It’s not about them being better or worse than our mothers, it’s the fact that they are different and that they are additive. The only thing greater than having a mom is having a Second Mom, too. What a gift.
Second Moms show us another version of parenting. Whether it’s the way they enforce the rules, the way they speak to their kids and spouse, or even the way they make their grilled cheese sandwiches, it’s all just different than our First Mom.
Second Moms give a second set of ears and eyes and arms. They teach us. They nurture us.
I, too, have a woman I look at as my second mother. Although she already had six children of her own, she took me in and treated me as child #7. She helped nurture me and even scolded me---all in the name of LOVE.
Happy Mother's Day Mama Jackson!
Who's your second mommy?
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