Marie Antoinette: A Good Mother

What is your mother like? Is she strict? Would she give up anything to keep you safe? Well, like most mothers, Marie Antoinette tried her best to be there for her child. But, she also had to deal with the pressures of being a queen. I believe that, for the most part, Marie Antoinette was a pretty decent mother. Even though there were hardships for her getting pregnant, she continuously tried to get pregnant which shows her desire to have a baby. Secondly, even after her first child, Louis Joseph, died a year after his birth due to a pulmonary disorder and malformed spine, she still chose to try for another kid. In 1785, Marie Antoinette another boy named Louis Charles. A year later, she had a little girl and named her Sophie Hélène Béatrice. …show more content…
All I have left is my blood. Take it. But do not make me suffer long." This shows that she was truly heartbroken by the fact that she was falsely accused of sexually abusing her eight-year-old son. If she were truly guilty, words as deep as those would not be able to be spoken. Words like that can only truly be spoken if you’ve experienced pain. Lastly, Marie Antoinette was a good mother because she only ever wanted what was best for them. “I have always accustomed my children to have great confidence in me, and, when they have done wrong, to tell me themselves; and then, when I scold them, this enables me to appear pained and afflicted rather than angry. I have accustomed them to regard 'yes' or 'no' once uttered by me as irrevocable, but I always give them reasons for my decisions, suitable to their ages....” This shows good mothering because she only ever wants her children to do their best and admit that they’ve done wrong, building good character. In conclusion, Marie Antoinette was a good mother because all she ever did was try her hardest for her children and want what was best for