With a nod to Mother’s Day, we offer a small sampling of what COMMENTARY has had to say over the years about the role of the family and of mothers in particular—a subject on which the magazine has marshaled some of America’s best thinkers.
The Origins of Human Bonds
Selma Fraiberg – December 1967
The Rediscovery of the Family
Nathan Glazer – March 1978
ABC and Me
Jessica Gress-Wright – January, 1990
Why Mothers Should Stay Home
David Gelernter – February 1996
Bringing Up Parents
Kay Hymowitz – June 2003
