(North America, informal) A career path involving working arrangements provided for mothers and prospective mothers, generally more flexible and allowing shorter hours.
(North America, informal) A career path involving working arrangements provided for mothers and prospective mothers, generally more flexible and allowing shorter hours.
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A North American informal word for the state or experience of being a mother, particularly the all-encompassing identity that comes with raising young children. It captures the lifestyle, culture, and social world that surrounds motherhood — mummy blogs, parenting groups, school runs, and the complete absorption of personal identity into parental identity. Used affectionately or with gentle irony, it acknowledges that motherhood is not just a role but an entire lifestyle ecosystem.
(North America, informal) The opportunity cost of motherhood; the income that women do not earn because they have become mothers.
(North America, informal) Motherhood.
(North America, informal) motherly; maternal.