Each of us since birth have three guides. They are our father, our mother and our teacher.
The teacher imparts wisdom.
The father and mother bring forth the child in this world and provide them with whatever resources they can. They take care of the child, clothe them, nourish them, help them to sleep, affectionately speak to them. All this can never be repaid by the child.
[Ramayan Book 2 (Book of Ayodhya), Chapter 111, Verse 2,3,9,10]
A Mothers Chronicle 