What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way to the coffin.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The comfort a mother gives early in life has lasting effects throughout a person's entire existence.
- In plain terms
- A mother's early love lasts a lifetime.
- What can you take from it?
- Early care shapes a whole life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do early bonds affect you?
- What stays with you forever?
Another view
Other influences also shape a life not just a mother's song.
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