A Mother's Love: The Myth, the Hype and the Hope

"A mother's love is the most conditional love there is. The condition being that you are her child and you never choose yourself over her.” - Rodney*Only your mother could love you unconditionally. So we've been told.This episode questions one of the most untouchable ideas ever—the love of a mother. Is it truly unconditional? Or is it just biology, pressure, and vibes we’ve all agreed NOT to interrogate?In this episode, Rodney attempts to go where no one has ever had the balls to go before: he undresses the reality of the relationship between mother and child. He also shares his experience—where love was real, but complicated. He uses a mother's love to start a wider conversation about Nigerian family dynamics, expectations of the first son, emotional manipulation, and the difference between providing for a child and actually loving them.In the final chapters of the episode, Rodney settles on a simple truth: If you’re expecting to be loved unconditionally by your parents or anyone, for that matter, you’ll wait forever. Only you can give you that.*Recommended episodeIn Defense of Mothers who Stayed For the Kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ8kQscsk9c*Follow the podcast onTwitter: @iamtheyounggodInstagram: @theyounggodpod⁠https://linktr.ee/theyounggodpodcast⁠