Yep. You definitely don't and never did need permission. No woman does. The fact that person associated 'humble' with motherhood is odd. Those are not synonyms. You have to be courageous, brave and protective to be a mom. I know many bold, strong, and successful women who also happen to be mothers.

And there's nothing at all humble about Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

The whole thing felt so bizarre to me from a woman. "My kids keep me humble" is such a male-authority-coded line to me. Like starting from an assumption of power & trying to humanize himself. A woman slinging that at another woman feels off, like when girls use incel talking pts about other girls.