«The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.»

Erich Fromm*

* ( Frankfurt, Germany 23-Mar-1900 / Muralto, Switzerland 16-Mar-1980) German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist.