I appreciate the article and what is also true is this puts a lot of pressure on moms and not enough bigness to God....my 17 year old has made some bad decisions lately, and I have realized that it may be about him. To say moms set the tone is partially correct, but we are not God and we do get tired and although all my friends and husband say I am the example to follow they also know I am honest about when I am tapped out. reminding readers mothers are fallible and allowing us to make mistakes will serve our kids greater, their "ideal" of a woman will be realistic, just as many women and girls need to remember what is realistic in their expectations of men these days. we place too much on ourselves and not enough on the fact that anyone disconnected from God wont have a full and meaningful life, He is the ONLY way to fill our every need