TIP: Being a Mom now not limited to giving birth. Mothering now is giving nurturance to younger generation

In a premodern era, all of the women in a family unit took on the responsibilities of raising children, even if they had not actually delivered a baby; it was essential to survival, Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist and professor at Rutgers University, tells Yahoo Parenting. “She’s played an important role in helping to raise other people’s children, which is a very primal, instinctive thing and central to hunter-gatherer societies,” says Fisher. “Language is supple and can change, and she’s broadening the definition of parenthood so it’s more inclusive.” Licensed marriage and family therapist Paul Hokemeyer agrees. “The notion of motherhood need not be restricted to its literal terms,” Hokemeyer tells Yahoo Parenting. “Mothering involves giving nurturance and support to the younger generation.” Cattrall may not fit the definition of a mom, true, but she is making a big contribution by helping to nurture kids and young adults, he says. Read: Kim Cattrall, has triggered outrage with her recent comments about what it means to be a mom. https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/why-this-sex-and-the-city-stars-comments-about-129080750672.html