A Mother's Love

Alot of people find it extremely controversial when a mother finds it necessary to leave her children and duties as a mother in order to fulfill personal aspirations. The issue within this is that society has made it much more of a problem than if a father chooses to make the same decision. Personal happiness is key, however it can be considered inhumane for a parent, especially a mother to abandon a child in which she was one with for nine months and has a natural bond with.
Within the short story titled A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, a mother, nora, finds it necessary to leave her family and kids in order to create her own fate and relieve her children from the burdens of her bad mothering tendencies. She states that she loves them, however she does not want to give her own SELF for them. She believes that her aspirations in life, and overcoming the normalities of society is the most important thing for her, therefore she leaves the family to pursue her dreams.
The issues that Nora has with her duties as a mother opposed to what she wants personally, reminds me of the novel My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult. However, this novel does not have to do with a mothers love, it is a sister's love. A sister whose aspirations in life have been put on the back burner due to her responsibility of being her sister's personal donor. Similar to Nora, she wants the best for the one that she loves, however she believes that her own goals in life are better for herself in order to feel valuable in life.
Altogether, I understand the character's desires to achieve their true potential in life. They understand that they are valuable and have the potential to overcome the circumstances in their life that keeps their progression stagnant.