Dear Editor:

Has the world changed for mothers? For the developed world like the United States the answer is “yes” and they point to all of the technological advances.

I remember being shocked that my grandmother used a scrub-board, wringer and clothesline while her daughters were using automatic washers and dryers. It seemed that as technology expanded, so did the lives of mothers. During World War II many had been hired to work in factories, to serve as nurses and eventually female doctors were a common profession.

Many rights came with employment and many advantages grew for mothers who managed to raise their children with love and improve their technological skills in the office. While I was not raised to attend college, I found it essential to keep up in the workplace. It was also common that children followed suit and college completion was even more important as technology advanced.

This week a series of questions asked of mothers around the world brought focus to what we have been witnessing in America and how technological progress may not bring with it moral progress — indeed some morality losses seem to flare up in vivid colors,

Jordan’s Queen Rania al Abdullah applauded the actions of a mother who hauled her son out of the riots in Baltimore and ordered him home to keep him safe. Immediately mothers around the world recognized that a mother's love is the same in any culture, religion or language. As technological wars explode so does the rush to safety of mothers looking for a way out for their children to safeguard their future.

The speed of technology has arrived in a rush that hides the values on which global families survive. Twenty-five years ago boat children were rescued at sea and safe homes with American families was the moral compass. Today fleeing toddlers are locked up and placed before judges without a lawyer. On mothers day we celebrated the love and nurture of all mothers and yet high tech drones mistakenly strike them down and others are deported — ripped away from their families. We applaud the new technologies and forget to check for comparable moral progress. We forget the value of mom’s love.

Jarryl Larson

Edgecomb