Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

And what does she have in her arms?

She has the broken body of her perfect son.

That's the female crucifixion.

What's the highest possible offering?

What's the highest possible offering to God?

Child and self.

And what does that mean for motherhood?

Well, the good mother offers her child to the world to be broken and to be redeemed.

The good mother cannot protect her child from the adventure of his life.

She has to facilitate that, no matter what the cost.

And the courage that's intrinsic to that is the core of female heroic being.

It's not the only aspect, but it's the most feminine aspect.

The woman who doesn't do that, the woman who does nothing but protects her child, destroys her child, the woman who offers her child to God,

receives her child back.

And that story is the core of the divinity and femininity.

And every mother worth her salt knows that.

And that's that.

There is nothing you'll do in life that's more challenging, difficult and rewarding than being a parent. Nothing with greater highs or lower lows. Worthwhile meaning in your life is going to be found in the voluntary adoption of responsibility. Voluntary self-sacrifice, that's the spirit of the functional psyche, family and community. What does it mean to be a father?

There is nothing you'll do in life that's more challenging, difficult and rewarding than being a parent. Nothing with greater highs or lower lows. Worthwhile meaning in your life is going to be found in the voluntary adoption of responsibility. Voluntary self-sacrifice, that's the spirit of the functional psyche, family and community. What does it mean to be a father?

There is nothing you'll do in life that's more challenging, difficult and rewarding than being a parent. Nothing with greater highs or lower lows. Worthwhile meaning in your life is going to be found in the voluntary adoption of responsibility. Voluntary self-sacrifice, that's the spirit of the functional psyche, family and community. What does it mean to be a father?