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'''Mothers''' (or '''mum(s)'''/'''mom/mam(s)''') are [[women]] who are in various states of [[Parenting|raising]] or having raised one or more [[children]], given birth to a child or children, and/or supplied the [[ovum]] which in union with male [[sperm]] grew into a child (or children). The concept of motherhood can also be extended to non-human [[animal|animals]]<ref>{{cite web|title=definition of mother from Oxford Dictionaries Online|url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mother?rskey=YplwRN&result=1|work=Oxford Dictionaries|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=mother n. & v.|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com.ezproxy.education.tas.gov.au/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t21.e19987|work=The Oxford American Dictionary of Current English|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Define Mother at Dictionary.com|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mother|publisher=Dictionary.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allwords.com/word-mother.html |title=Definition from |publisher=Allwords.com |date=2007-04-04 |accessdate=2011-10-27}}</ref> Due to the complexity and variety of mothers' social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging, or perhaps impossible, to specify a universally acceptable definition for the term.
The male parallel of 'mother(s)' is [[father|'father(s)
==Etymology==
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