MOTHERS
(See also Breastfeeding; Childbearing; Childbirth; Parents; Pregnancy; Stepfamily; Wives)
accepting counsel from (Pr 31): w00 2/1 30-31
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g02 11/22 30
appreciation for mothers: g05 2/22 8-11
benefits of literacy: g96 1/22 28
Bible examples: w08 2/1 30
Eunice: w22.04 16-21; w06 4/1 10-11; w98 5/15 7-9
Jochebed, mother of Moses: g02 4/8 10
King Lemuel’s mother (Pr 31): w00 2/1 30-31
Mary, mother of Jesus: w19.09 18-19; w94 11/15 30-31
Bible principles: g02 4/8 9-11
when head covering required: lv 210; w02 7/15 27
Bible usage: it-2 442-443
cities: it-1 614-615; it-2 443
earth (Job 1:21): it-2 443; w06 3/15 14
prophetesses: it-2 698
Bible view: scl 80-81; g05 2/22 10-11
children surveyed about good mothers: g98 11/22 28
compassion: cl 250-251, 256
consideration for mother:
not being untidy: w89 6/1 17-18
crack addiction: g90 7/22 3, 7
abandon babies: g90 7/22 7
effect on unborn: g90 7/22 6-7
deaths related to childbearing: g 11/09 27; g96 11/22 28
disciplining or teaching sons: g05 2/22 7-8, 11
discussion: g05 2/22 3-11; g02 4/8 3-11
effect having children could have on spirituality: w88 3/1 24-25
effect of death:
on offspring: ijwyp article 45
effect of smoking:
on children: g90 7/22 27; g89 6/22 29; g89 12/8 12; g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14
on unborn: g90 1/8 25; rs 111; g89 2/22 9-10; g89 7/8 5; g88 8/22 14; g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14; g86 9/8 11
examples:
14-mile walk to meetings with children: yb09 138-139
abandoned by husband: w15 1/15 11; w06 1/1 8, 10-11; w04 6/1 17
cares for aged mother: g90 2/8 16-17
communication with children: w07 6/15 19
daily text: km 1/00 3
deaf son: g97 8/22 30; g96 11/8 10-13
dying mother prepares daughters: g87 8/22 11
eight children: w06 1/1 8-12; km 8/88 3
faces death of husband, father, then son: w08 10/1 28-31
feelings about missionary offspring: bt 178
firmness for meetings: w97 9/1 25
five sons: g99 3/22 20-23
helps daughter who lost enthusiasm for truth: w96 5/15 30-31
helps twins separated from her: yb02 218
illiterate mother: w00 3/15 30-31
joy from raising children in the truth: w01 7/1 13
letter from dying mother: w07 8/1 20
notes under washing machine: ijwex article 5
physically stunted child: g 11/10 25
pioneers: w24.12 27; km 4/99 3; w96 5/15 30-31; yb95 60; w88 12/15 27; w87 4/15 24
raises sons while caring for paralyzed husband: g99 12/22 13-16
raising girl silenced by cerebral palsy: g00 5/8 22-24
resurrection appointment with dying daughter: w08 3/15 19-20
schizophrenic son: w90 12/1 31
single mothers: g 10/11 15; w06 4/1 10-11; g02 10/8 11-12
widows: lfs article 14
working mothers: w08 2/1 31
experiences:
62-year-old gives birth: g95 4/22 29
90-year-old gives birth: g86 12/8 31
about to kill child: yb03 209-210
baby daughter dies: w08 7/15 10; w03 2/15 5-6; w03 8/1 32
bears own grandchildren: g88 1/8 30
decide against abortion: yb13 44-45; g 6/09 3, 6-9
drug abusers: w10 8/1 18-19; w08 11/1 8-9
finds little daughter at Memorial: yb08 14
helped to express love: ijwex article 2
in hospital after children die: yb03 49
mother murdered, baby removed: g01 7/22 19-23
mother’s opposition: w21.03 20-22; w15 12/15 28-31
new mothers: w03 2/1 23
postpartum (postnatal) depression overcome: g02 7/22 19-23
remembers music mother rehearsed when pregnant with him: g89 10/22 31
reunited with son: g98 2/22 24
spiritually unsatisfied woman whose three children died: yb99 52
studies despite daughter’s threat to disown: w88 3/1 7
unwed mothers: wp17.1 8-9; w90 5/15 21
Witness with three children: km 8/10 6; yb03 48
won over: w05 5/15 29; w99 1/1 19
young son dies of cancer: w23.01 18-19
expressing love for children: w19.09 19
grief over death of child: wp18.1 13; g 1/06 32; we 9-12, 15, 17; g88 1/22 10-12; g87 8/8 8-9; g87 12/8 28
grief over miscarriage or stillbirth: w08 3/1 13; we 10
helping children after divorce: g91 4/22 7-8
honor for: scl 81
interpreting baby’s cries: g87 5/22 30
Ireland:
alcohol used to induce labor: g88 11/8 29
Israel (ancient): it-2 442-443; w95 9/15 22-23
breast-feeding: it-2 443
eat own children during Jerusalem’s destructions: w89 8/1 29
uncleanness after childbirth: it-2 443; w12 1/15 17; w04 5/15 23
leaving family to work abroad: w14 4/15 17-21
legal rights:
right to refuse blood (U.S.): w20.07 28-29; yb91 58-59
love for baby: w12 2/1 15
Jehovah’s love compared to (Isa 49:15): w21.07 25; w20.06 18; w12 2/1 15; w08 5/1 8-9
mother goddesses: w91 7/1 3-7
obedience to: scl 81
pioneers: w96 5/15 30-31
postpartum (postnatal) depression: g04 5/8 30; g03 3/8 30; g03 3/22 30; g03 4/8 30; g03 6/8 21-23; g03 7/8 30; g03 12/22 9-10; g02 7/22 19-23
prenatal care: g 11/09 26-29; g03 1/8 12-14; g87 8/8 30
preparing daughters for menstruation: g 5/06 10-13
preparing to be a mother: w23.12 23
relationship with children: w19.09 18-19
relationship with daughters-in-law: g90 2/22 3-11
responsibilities: scl 80
role in child training: mwb25.09 4; w22.04 17-21; w11 8/1 7; w08 2/1 29-30; g05 2/22 3-11; g05 12/8 30
helping sons become men: g 12/12 18
role in family life: lvs 52; lv 41-42; g98 4/8 8-9; w92 10/15 12; tp 173-174
cleanliness: w08 12/1 9-11; w08 12/15 30
single: g 11/12 2-10; w03 11/1 16-18; g02 10/8 3-12; g00 2/8 8-10; g95 10/8 3-9
economic difficulties of raising children: g90 11/8 24
how to help: g 11/12 4, 6; km 6/99 3
how to help children of: jd 149-151; km 11/02 8
not belittling father: g00 2/8 9-10
results of divorce for “liberation”: g86 10/8 29-30
spiritual lead: w92 10/15 12
spiritual training of children: w22.04 18-19; w92 10/15 12
stress: g93 11/8 28
effect on unborn: g 1/08 30; g99 11/22 29; g93 7/22 8
surrogate motherhood:
Bible view: g93 3/8 26-27
symbolic:
Babylon the Great: it-1 615; rr 163-164; re 244; w89 4/1 3
Jehovah’s woman: it-2 1198; re 177-180; ws 77-78
New Jerusalem: ws 97
teenage: g05 7/22 30; g04 10/8 3-12; g03 9/8 29; g91 4/22 29; yp 184-185; w88 4/15 3-4; w86 6/15 14; g86 2/8 31; g86 5/22 31
Africa: g94 11/22 28
worldwide: g94 11/22 28
“telemothers” provide food: g03 1/22 28
unwed: w07 4/1 5-6; g03 6/8 4
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g95 8/8 30
attitude of congregation: fy 106
Brazil: g96 8/8 29
Costa Rica: g92 2/8 29
Europe: g03 11/22 28-29; g02 5/8 28; g92 12/8 30; g88 11/8 30
France: g92 9/8 29
Greece: g02 10/8 5
Mexico: g02 10/8 4
what to do: g94 10/8 22-24
value in wages: g 2/06 30; g99 12/8 29
waiting till later in life to become: g04 10/8 28-29
working: w08 2/1 28-31; g02 4/8 5-7
breast-feeding: g87 6/22 30
bringing children to work: g91 1/22 28
day care for children: g87 12/8 2-11
developing nations: g86 5/22 9-11
effect on family relationships: g90 9/8 5; w87 8/15 5-6
how children feel: g86 6/22 21-22
how husbands can help: w08 2/1 29
leaving work to raise children: g05 2/22 8
number (U.S.): g92 11/8 28
why mothers work: w08 2/1 28-29; g89 3/22 28; g86 5/22 9-10; g86 6/22 22-23
world’s most prolific: g91 12/22 29