maternal love
A mom's affection
Maternal love is the deep, instinctive affection a mother feels for her child.
The term emphasizes the nurturing, protective quality traditionally associated with motherhood: Nothing could shake her maternal love.
It often implies unconditional devotion and self-sacrifice, though the phrase can idealize or sentimentalize the bond.
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
- feedingGiving food to
- baby blanketSoft covering for infants
- shelteringProtecting from elements
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
attachment · lullabies · bedtime stories · warmth · sleepless · affection · unconditional · sacrifice · mentoring · nurturing · first words · safeguarding · devotion · mama bear · educating · guardianship · soothing · compassion
- familyfather, parents, siblings, parent, son
- family bondsparent-child bond, trust, sibling bond, loyalty, marriage
- Momsmom, mama, mommy, mummy, mamma
- baby carebottles, bottle feeding, pacifiers, cribs, baby oil
- motherhoodmom, mama, mum, mommy, motherhood
- family themesfather figure, parent, child, brother, sister