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A young parent's anxieties in raising her infant in a non-traditional family structure
Abstract
In this paper
I describe a 2-year
observation of an infant from a young modern family who comes from a more
traditional background. I will attempt to indicate how the young mother tended
to re-enact with her child unresolved conflict stemming from her own childhood
memories and other experiences in her own mothering. These were more pronounced
in times of sickness, cultural beliefs, rituals and modern versus traditional
ways of child rearing.
Journal of Child and
Adolescent Mental Health 2003, 15(1): 77-80
I describe a 2-year
observation of an infant from a young modern family who comes from a more
traditional background. I will attempt to indicate how the young mother tended
to re-enact with her child unresolved conflict stemming from her own childhood
memories and other experiences in her own mothering. These were more pronounced
in times of sickness, cultural beliefs, rituals and modern versus traditional
ways of child rearing.
Journal of Child and
Adolescent Mental Health 2003, 15(1): 77-80
