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In the end she slaps the baby ' s hand and gets a long , cool look from an older
woman who clearly thinks she is a baby batterer . She hates what she has
become and scuttles back home , with both children whining . She gets more
food into ...
In the end she slaps the baby ' s hand and gets a long , cool look from an older
woman who clearly thinks she is a baby batterer . She hates what she has
become and scuttles back home , with both children whining . She gets more
food into ...
Page 44
In antenatal classes expectant mothers often say that they have never held a
baby in their arms , never even seen a newborn infant , nor had the opportunity of
watching a mother look after a small baby . No amount of lessons in child care or
...
In antenatal classes expectant mothers often say that they have never held a
baby in their arms , never even seen a newborn infant , nor had the opportunity of
watching a mother look after a small baby . No amount of lessons in child care or
...
Page 48
They look into the carrycot - ' He ' s a real boy ! ' they say , or ' Isn ' t she sweet ?
She ' s so pretty and feminine ! The mother may choose to dress her baby boy in
blue , her girl in pink . In France flowers of the appropriate colour fill the mother ...
They look into the carrycot - ' He ' s a real boy ! ' they say , or ' Isn ' t she sweet ?
She ' s so pretty and feminine ! The mother may choose to dress her baby boy in
blue , her girl in pink . In France flowers of the appropriate colour fill the mother ...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 27 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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| Title | Women as Mothers |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0394506510, 9780394506517 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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