Mother Knows Best

We, the mammies, are all-knowing, all-seeing and all-fixing. But it takes a little work to sustain this level of omnipotence...

Darn right mother knows best!

We, the mammies are all-knowing, all-seeing and all-fixing. But since it takes a little work to sustain this level of omnipotence, we can all use some help from time to time.

Here we share the best advice we ever heard on motherhood and we invite you to do the same. Join in and share your wisdom.

All in a Day's Work: This musical mammy manages to encapsulate a day's nagging in one hilarious song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W95Y8hNQiH8

• "Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” – Oprah Winfrey

• "You only get a four-month-old for a month." - Sandra Steingraber on the brevity of infancy.

• "It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't." - Barbara Kingsolver

• "My mother always told me not to sweat the small stuff when it comes to parenting. By small stuff, I think she means when my son poos behind the TV or takes off all his clothes in the supermarket (an all too regular occurence)." - Carol, mum of two boys.

• "Never refuse help; never refuse money and never refuse a holiday." - Lucy, mother of one girl.

• "My favourite parenting book is How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Faber and Mazlish. Read it and learn!" - Carrie, mum of two boys.