Moesha is a new mother. She has been reading many books and articles on parenting. She has decided that she wants to be a very child centered parent providing many enriching activities for her child. She also makes a promise to her child that she will try to be emotionally accessible to him always. Moesha is trying to live up to the standards of ______.
A) the motherhood penalty
B) collateral consequences
C) intensive mothering
D) accordion families

Question

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Moesha is trying to live up to the standards of intensive mothering, which emphasizes being emotionally available and providing enriching activities for the child. The other options (motherhood penalty, collateral consequences, accordion families) are not relevant to the scenario described in the question.

Moesha Is a New Mother