Commentary: Mormonism made me a Mama Dragon

I grew up as one of those Latter-day Saint kids who wanted a dozen children (my mom had 11). I still find myself singing the old Primary song, “when I grow up, I want to be a mother, and have a family.”Back then, even more than today, little girls were taught that they weren’t going to have careers and get jobs. They were going to be mothers. That was their God-given right: to stay home and raise their children. And after that, to remain mothers in other ways by helping with ot