All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar.

Guisewite’s line plays on a familiar stereotype—mothers’ “intuition”—and heightens it with a modern, technological metaphor: “radar.” The joke suggests that beyond ordinary gut feeling, exceptional mothers seem to detect trouble, lies, needs, or emotional shifts before anyone else does, as if they are constantly scanning their environment. It also gently acknowledges the vigilance and mental load associated with caregiving: the “great” mother is not merely affectionate but alert, anticipatory, and protective. As with much of Guisewite’s humor, the compliment is double-edged—admiring competence while hinting at the exhausting, always-on attentiveness that motherhood can demand.