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Harry Harlow's work with monkeys” has demonstrated that the fact that the baby
clings to the front of the mother's body, and is face to face with her, plays an
important part in the attachment which grows between them. In this position there
can ...
Harry Harlow's work with monkeys” has demonstrated that the fact that the baby
clings to the front of the mother's body, and is face to face with her, plays an
important part in the attachment which grows between them. In this position there
can ...
Page 172
MoTHERHood MYTHs Moreover every new mother in Western society is brought
face to face with a reality often far removed from the fantasies of pregnancy. Mia
Kellmer Pringle” believes that an important function of education for motherhood
...
MoTHERHood MYTHs Moreover every new mother in Western society is brought
face to face with a reality often far removed from the fantasies of pregnancy. Mia
Kellmer Pringle” believes that an important function of education for motherhood
...
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It results in a social situation which can be especially difficult for those who are
childless, who may face a peculiar kind of loneliness in these periods of each day
and during the Sabbath when the whole community is engaged in what is in ...
It results in a social situation which can be especially difficult for those who are
childless, who may face a peculiar kind of loneliness in these periods of each day
and during the Sabbath when the whole community is engaged in what is in ...
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Contents
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Getting and Not Getting Pregnant | 54 |
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