The piece is located in a small alcove near the ramp to the west entrance of the Joseph T. Taylor Hall (formerly the University College building) at 815 W. Michigan Street.

There is a plaque attached to a piece of wood to the proper right of the sculpture reading "Derek Chalfant, Mother's Helper, Herron School of Art."

[6] As of 2010, Chalfant has two fabricated stainless steel pieces—Dress and Flower—on display at the 23rd Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.

[3] In describing his own work, Chalfant stated the following: "Many of the forms I create, reminiscent of architecture and objects of suggested utility, security and protection, are used as metaphors for our psychological behavior, and for the phenomenology of the body.

"[7] In 2008, a book entitled 500 Chairs: Celebrating Traditional and Innovative Designs featured Derek Chalfant's Mother's Helper (2005).