“Even now, it’s hard to use the word ‘jealous’ about my mother. The idea that a mother would be, could be, jealous of her own kid paints a picture of a monster. Better cruel or uncaring than jealous, ...

“The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves,” Libra William Penn sagely espoused. Indeed, since humans have become conscious, ye olde green eyed monster hath been the source of ...

Maternal jealousy and female rivalry Our cultural discomfort with a mother’s jealousy might well be fed by another stream: how uneasy we are with female rivalry generally. Yes, the word f renemy has ...