In a discussion with friends I was asked, what was most the most significant part of the Barbara Walters interview with Barack and Michelle Obama.

Without hesitation I named two short but very important sentences that send out a message around the world:
Our future first Lady said: “I’m foremost a mother.”
And our President elect stated: “We do not believe in spanking.”

For those who didn’t have a caring mother, a flashback reminded them of the painful neglect and feeling of worthlessness experienced in childhood.
And the ones who were reared with spanking/beating stand witness to the physical and psychological harm every blow has manifested in a lifelong feeling of being inferior/unworthy.

Can we draw from these two sentences the will and energy to change back to the pre-industrialized mother, remembering what it means to be a mother and that children are a priceless trust, not a possession to be dominated, controlled and abused?

It is possible that this new administration understands the crippling impact and long-term effects childhood abuse has in the life of adults. This new vision might provide the means for the childhood abused adult to heal their early inflicted wounds, before they become abusers themselves.