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Wolff22 found that human mothers who did not play much with their babies
suddenly began to do so as they appeared to focus their eyes during the fourth
week of life . The mothers themselves had no idea why they found their babies
more ...
Wolff22 found that human mothers who did not play much with their babies
suddenly began to do so as they appeared to focus their eyes during the fourth
week of life . The mothers themselves had no idea why they found their babies
more ...
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The human baby has to be born at the end of about nine months , or its head ,
containing a brain which has a volume of between 375 and 400 cubic
centimetres , as compared with that of a chimpanzee or gorilla whose brain is
only about 200 ...
The human baby has to be born at the end of about nine months , or its head ,
containing a brain which has a volume of between 375 and 400 cubic
centimetres , as compared with that of a chimpanzee or gorilla whose brain is
only about 200 ...
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job anyone can do , but individuals who require special skills to perform what is
perhaps the most important task for which any human being can prepare
themselves , creating the society of the future . The exciting thing about being a
mother ...
job anyone can do , but individuals who require special skills to perform what is
perhaps the most important task for which any human being can prepare
themselves , creating the society of the future . The exciting thing about being a
mother ...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood | 13 |
The Motherhood Trap | 31 |
Mothers in the Social System | 51 |
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