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Page 46
There is never any point at which parents can sit down and feel they have
finished the tasks they have taken on , and never one at which they know they
have succeeded . The only effective technique is that of being able to shift quickly
in ...
There is never any point at which parents can sit down and feel they have
finished the tasks they have taken on , and never one at which they know they
have succeeded . The only effective technique is that of being able to shift quickly
in ...
Page 60
The danger is that because motherhood is occupying less time the skills which
come with experience may never be learned . The problem of the oldest child in a
family is well known . This is the one with the feeding and the sleeping and the ...
The danger is that because motherhood is occupying less time the skills which
come with experience may never be learned . The problem of the oldest child in a
family is well known . This is the one with the feeding and the sleeping and the ...
Page 194
In interviews that I have conducted with new parents a few weeks after childbirth ,
couples often talk about the shock at disruption of established living patterns
connected with having a baby in the house . “ We were never reaily prepared for
...
In interviews that I have conducted with new parents a few weeks after childbirth ,
couples often talk about the shock at disruption of established living patterns
connected with having a baby in the house . “ We were never reaily prepared for
...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood | 13 |
The Motherhood Trap | 31 |
Mothers in the Social System | 51 |
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| Title | Women as Mothers Volume 3761 of Fontana Books Fontana original |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Publisher | Fontana, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0006337619, 9780006337614 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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