"They often feel a need to protect their mother emotionally."

He had tried to protect his mother then, but had failed.

She did it to protect her mother and sister from risk or shame.

Perhaps, at first, he went away in order to protect my mother.

"Do you hate me so much just because I tried to protect my mother from your fists?"

He said we had to protect both our own mother and yours since she was all alone.

But Jenna's been hurt, trying to protect your mother, and we have to help her, now.

She had to protect her mother, in general, from the ugliness of life.

He would do anything to keep the Lily and protect his mother.

He's injured from a car accident, but wanted to protect his mother.