Mother-Boy

The Analysts/Mother-Boy Pattern
(Conscious Mother, Subconscious Boychild)

People who have a dominant conscious Mother archetype and subconscious Boychild archetype are great problem solvers. They seek to find the mystery of life by unfolding wisdom. They have technical understanding, mathematical awareness and are analytical and precise. They often become involved in scientific, analytical or structural endeavors and want to share their findings. They like to teach and can bury others with their facts and empirical logic. They tend to dominate events by knowing more than anybody else about what is going on. They can also be extremely good salesmen, because they can capture a person’s interest through the sheer amount of information they have.

Mother-Boys are essential on any team, because they are effective organizers, will loyally and tirelessly serve to the end and can accomplish great things. They can be counted on to be shock absorbers in any situation—to be moderators in a group, to reduce the potential of a volatile and negative outcome and to keep it together in clutch times. They become the mortar between the bricks and the buffer between the jolts.

Mother-Boys thrive on situations where they can rule from both their adult mind and their visceral Boychild gut instinct. When the going gets tough, they can remain adult—poised, calm and collected—and pull through. They have the endurance to carry a project to the end. Even in a long business meeting when everyone is ready to pass out from exhaustion, they keep plugging through the agenda like an Energizer bunny, saying, “Now, item fourteen….”

They do not like being stuck in a back room and usually end up in front-line positions where, ironically, they help others rise to power but do not seek a supreme position of authority for themselves. Even when they have the most competence, they still prefer to let somebody else lead.

Since Mother-Boys have learned to handle their emotions in childhood, they expect everybody else to do so. When they come across someone with a dominant child archetype who seems out-of-control emotionally, they think, “Here’s somebody who needs to be straightened out,” and they relegate that person into the “need-to-be-corrected” bin for an indefinite period of time.

Mother-Boys have the innate maturity to nurture healthy relationships but must guard against their subconscious tendency to be "one up" on others. They need to keep in mind that people sometimes feel small around them, because they are extremely capable and have so much self-confidence. After all, it is difficult to open up to someone who does not seem to need you as much as you need them. It would also benefit Mother-Boys to loosen up in social situations instead of figuring out how to covertly control others.

When Mother-Boys behave in a self-effacing way, which is often the case, and do not appear threatening, other people will embrace the presence of the Loving Mother that emanates from them and welcome them with open arms.

~Mother-Boys are scientific and analytical, and they like to share their findings with others.

~They are great organizers and can be shock absorbers in any situation.

~They are very adult and expect other people to control their emotions.

~They depend on others to give them feedback and can become vulnerable to others’ opinions.

~They love to teach.

The Mother-Boy pattern is described in greater detail in the books, The Inner Family Archetypes: Building Loving Relationships Through Divine Self-Awareness and Why We Do What We Do.




	The Analysts/Mother-Boy Pattern (Conscious Mother, Subconscious Boychild) People who have a dominant conscious Mother archetype and subconscious Boychild archetype are great problem solvers. They seek to find the mystery of life by unfolding wisdom. They have technical understanding, mathematical awareness and are analytical and precise. They often become involved in scientific, analytical or structural endeavors and want to share their findings. They like to teach and can bury others with their facts and empirical logic. They tend to dominate events by knowing more than anybody else about what is going on. They can also be extremely good salesmen, because they can capture a person’s interest through the sheer amount of information they have. Mother-Boys are essential on any team, because they are effective organizers, will loyally and tirelessly serve to the end and can accomplish great things. They can be counted on to be shock absorbers in any situation—to be moderators in a group, to reduce the potential of a volatile and negative outcome and to keep it together in clutch times. They become the mortar between the bricks and the buffer between the jolts. Mother-Boys thrive on situations where they can rule from both their adult mind and their visceral Boychild gut instinct. When the going gets tough, they can remain adult—poised, calm and collected—and pull through. They have the endurance to carry a project to the end. Even in a long business meeting when everyone is ready to pass out from exhaustion, they keep plugging through the agenda like an Energizer bunny, saying, “Now, item fourteen….” They do not like being stuck in a back room and usually end up in front-line positions where, ironically, they help others rise to power but do not seek a supreme position of authority for themselves. Even when they have the most competence, they still prefer to let somebody else lead. Since Mother-Boys have learned to handle their emotions in childhood, they expect everybody else to do so. When they come across someone with a dominant child archetype who seems out-of-control emotionally, they think, “Here’s somebody who needs to be straightened out,” and they relegate that person into the “need-to-be-corrected” bin for an indefinite period of time. Mother-Boys have the innate maturity to nurture healthy relationships but must guard against their subconscious tendency to be "one up" on others. They need to keep in mind that people sometimes feel small around them, because they are extremely capable and have so much self-confidence. After all, it is difficult to open up to someone who does not seem to need you as much as you need them. It would also benefit Mother-Boys to loosen up in social situations instead of figuring out how to covertly control others. When Mother-Boys behave in a self-effacing way, which is often the case, and do not appear threatening, other people will embrace the presence of the Loving Mother that emanates from them and welcome them with open arms. ~Mother-Boys are scientific and analytical, and they like to share their findings with others. ~They are great organizers and can be shock absorbers in any situation. ~They are very adult and expect other people to control their emotions. ~They depend on others to give them feedback and can become vulnerable to others’ opinions. ~They love to teach. The Mother-Boy pattern is described in greater detail in the books, The Inner Family Archetypes: Building Loving Relationships Through Divine Self-Awareness and Why We Do What We Do.