My mother is a housewife whose time are employed in taking care of the family and doing house work.

我的母亲是一位家庭主妇，她的时间都用在照顾家人和做家务上。

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Are you sure you're ready to fill John's first wife's shoes? Remember, she was a full-time wife and mother. But you're a full-time career woman with no experience taking care of kids.

你是不是很有把握能替代约翰第一位太太的地位。你得记住，她是不工作的，整天在家担当妻子和母亲的任务。但是，你是整天要出去工作的职业妇女，又没有带孩子的经验。

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It's about the reversal of how the mother thought she was taking care of her son and not being destructive.

故事讲述的是一个母亲认为自己在照顾儿子，而不具有破坏性，其实是颠倒过来的。

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Martha's daughter, who is the only family member to keep a slender tether to AWOL mom, doesn't understand the flight response but fills in her mother's shoes perfectly, taking care of dad and even replacing mom as kindergarten teacher.

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