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The birth of an adoptive, foster or stepmother [[electronic resource] ] : beyond biological mothering attachments / / Barbara Waterman
| The birth of an adoptive, foster or stepmother [[electronic resource] ] : beyond biological mothering attachments / / Barbara Waterman |
| Autore | Waterman Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.8743 |
| Soggetto topico |
Adoptive parents
Foster mothers Motherhood Stepmothers |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-90471-3
1-4175-0131-6 1-84642-425-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Birth of an Adoptive, Foster or Stepmother; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 When the Child is Delivered to You Rather Than You Delivering the Child; Conceiving this book; Changing demographics; Making it through the night; Mothering vs. fathering behaviors; The other mother; 2 Cracked Wide Open; Need for ritual; Chance or choice: women who don't have their own children; Resolving the loss; 3 Longing and Belonging; Primary maternal preoccupation and containment; Adoption and belonging; Attachment and fostering; Projective identification and the stepmother; Conclusion
4 Holding the Mirror, Holding Up the IdealMirroring and other building blocks for the self; When parental resources for self-building blocks are lacking; Culture and belonging; Self-building supplies and development; 5 Love and Difference; Mutual recognition and creative destruction; Confusing creative destruction with failures in mothering; Child omnipotence and parental abdication; The life-growth theme and moral development; 6 The Supporting Matrix; Adoptive, foster and stepmother invisibility; Everyone deserves a doula; Having an affirming matrix to bear witness Support the mother, heal the childInstitutional support for foster, adoptive and stepmothers; Finding support within the new extended family; 7 Becoming a Mother; Mothering and identity; Instant and disorderly gestation through adoption; Mothering: entering adulthood; Gathering one's mothering legacy; Transcending one's mothering legacy; Obstacles to stepmothering; Conclusion; 8 Mothering as a Spiritual Commitment; The spiritual call to illuminate the way of the next generation; Ana : spiritual and personal sources of mothering; 9 Conclusion; The modern orphan Multiple parents: primary attachmentsBibliography; Subject Index; Name Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455565103321 |
Waterman Barbara
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| London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The birth of an adoptive, foster or stepmother [[electronic resource] ] : beyond biological mothering attachments / / Barbara Waterman
| The birth of an adoptive, foster or stepmother [[electronic resource] ] : beyond biological mothering attachments / / Barbara Waterman |
| Autore | Waterman Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.8743 |
| Soggetto topico |
Adoptive parents
Foster mothers Motherhood Stepmothers |
| ISBN |
1-283-90471-3
1-4175-0131-6 1-84642-425-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Birth of an Adoptive, Foster or Stepmother; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 When the Child is Delivered to You Rather Than You Delivering the Child; Conceiving this book; Changing demographics; Making it through the night; Mothering vs. fathering behaviors; The other mother; 2 Cracked Wide Open; Need for ritual; Chance or choice: women who don't have their own children; Resolving the loss; 3 Longing and Belonging; Primary maternal preoccupation and containment; Adoption and belonging; Attachment and fostering; Projective identification and the stepmother; Conclusion
4 Holding the Mirror, Holding Up the IdealMirroring and other building blocks for the self; When parental resources for self-building blocks are lacking; Culture and belonging; Self-building supplies and development; 5 Love and Difference; Mutual recognition and creative destruction; Confusing creative destruction with failures in mothering; Child omnipotence and parental abdication; The life-growth theme and moral development; 6 The Supporting Matrix; Adoptive, foster and stepmother invisibility; Everyone deserves a doula; Having an affirming matrix to bear witness Support the mother, heal the childInstitutional support for foster, adoptive and stepmothers; Finding support within the new extended family; 7 Becoming a Mother; Mothering and identity; Instant and disorderly gestation through adoption; Mothering: entering adulthood; Gathering one's mothering legacy; Transcending one's mothering legacy; Obstacles to stepmothering; Conclusion; 8 Mothering as a Spiritual Commitment; The spiritual call to illuminate the way of the next generation; Ana : spiritual and personal sources of mothering; 9 Conclusion; The modern orphan Multiple parents: primary attachmentsBibliography; Subject Index; Name Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780343403321 |
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Waterman Barbara
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| London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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