The above Victorian painting which shows a mother busy hanging clothes while the daughter plays on the ground reminds me of the same scenario in the '90s. I have three (3) children, boy-girl-girl, with the age gaps of 1 1/2 and one (1) year, respectively. When my youngest girl could not still walk by herself, I used to let her sit on a bilao (winnowing large round bamboo-woven flat tray utilized for removing rice chaff) then gave her some moringa leaves so she would be busy while I was hanging clothes. I wanted that she would be near me while her elder brother and sister were playing also close to me, to make sure that they would be safe. From the moment that a mother knows that she carries her baby in her womb up to the time of raising him/her and beyond, she will do a lot of sacrifices to make her child happy and free from all kinds of harms, even bite of mosquitoes. If there is only a little food on the table, she would give it to her child and forget the hunger. Even he...