The girl’s lip quivered. "I – I ain’ goin’ to the dance. I couldn’ – Ma – he’p me!" She sat down and buried her head in her hands.
Ma wiped her hands on the dish towel and she squatted down in front of her daughter, and she put her two hands on Rose of Sharon’s hair. "You’re a good girl," she said. "You always was a good girl. I’ll take care a you. Don’t you fret."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 24. Rose of Sharon is fearful for her unborn baby because of Mrs. Sandry’s warnings over sinful dancing. So at first she refuses to go to the Weedpatch dance. Ma Joad uses her powers as a mother to persuade her to go, assuring her daughter that she will watch over her and take care of her.