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Page 258
Chaim Bermant says : The whole ritual is vaguely reminiscent of the practice of
nannies bringing the children downstairs from the nursery to have tea with papa
and mamma . . . In the kibbutz one ' s parents become a species of grandparents
...
Chaim Bermant says : The whole ritual is vaguely reminiscent of the practice of
nannies bringing the children downstairs from the nursery to have tea with papa
and mamma . . . In the kibbutz one ' s parents become a species of grandparents
...
Page 259
but as the children of the whole kibbutz . When children are successful in some
venture - pass examinations , or win travel scholarships or a place in an
orchestra , it is not only the proud parents who are glad ; the triumph is one for the
whole ...
but as the children of the whole kibbutz . When children are successful in some
venture - pass examinations , or win travel scholarships or a place in an
orchestra , it is not only the proud parents who are glad ; the triumph is one for the
whole ...
Page 271
For this to work , employment opportunities will have to be provided so that each
parent can work only half time out of the home , and this entails rethinking
personnel policies and the whole deployment of labour in our society . Many
mothers ...
For this to work , employment opportunities will have to be provided so that each
parent can work only half time out of the home , and this entails rethinking
personnel policies and the whole deployment of labour in our society . Many
mothers ...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood | 13 |
The Motherhood Trap | 31 |
Mothers in the Social System | 51 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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