“Wherever I look, like a mother.” Really so! Without mother, the whole world is still. Mothers have no choice. Mother’s need is felt the most in any crisis of life. Therefore, the world is dark without Him. Recently in the western world, efforts have started to remove the negative impact of the word ‘step mother’. This is an attempt to salute the unconditional love of a mother. The new word ‘bonus mother’ has come. Literally that extra mother. The term is now gaining popularity in the drawing rooms of Europe and America as a positive spin on relationships in the game of family breakdown.

Usually we know father’s second wife as stepmother or stepmother. But behind the word ‘honest’ somewhere hides a story of negligence or bitterness. This bonus mother is an attempt to get out of that idea. She is a woman who nurtures the children of her partner’s previous relationship as her own. In many cases, they are also called by this name if they take responsibility for the children of the live-in partner without getting married.

Why is this relationship popular in the West?

Divorce and remarriage rates have risen sharply in America and Europe since the 1990s. The word was born out of the urge to unite with the children in the new family structure. ‘Bonus’ means extra pay. That is, there is a birth mother, besides her, there is another mother’s love. It is from this positive thinking that the word has reached its peak of popularity in the last two decades. Although the word has not yet caught on in India or other Asian countries. Here the joint family tradition or traditional family values ​​still prevails. Instead of this modern foreign word, the relationship is judged by the ties of kinship.

Not only bonus mother, now the terms ‘bonus father’ or ‘bonus child’ are also known in the West. Even the beloved office friend is called ‘work spouse’. In fact, people are now busy looking for new circles of sympathy beyond blood relations. ‘Bonus Mother’ is a beautiful name for that quest.