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Publication date:
30 December 2015Length of book:
236 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9781442262171
The New Motherhoods: Patterns of Early Child Care in Contemporary Culture offers innovative perspectives in psychotherapy that accommodate emerging pathways to parenthood, changing roles of mothers, and evolving patterns of family structure. Moms come in all shapes and sizes, and psychoanalytic developmental theory could be modified to better embrace modern mothers and today’s childcare practices. In this volume, distinguished clinical psychologists and psychoanalysts offer divergent conceptual perspectives on what shapes contemporary mothering, including the increasing number of single mothers in our society, the additional challenges faced by immigrating mothers, how technology affects the parent-child relationship, and gender identity in families today. Incorporating the most current research along with engaging clinical vignettes, The New Motherhoods provides mental health professionals with an invaluable collection of insights into modern motherhood and its essential role in the care and healthy development of children.
This book provides a panoramic view of contemporary motherhood and its challenges. The authors demonstrate the compassion, empathy, and interventions that clinicians need in order to help diverse family constellations. In addition, this book tackles current problematic topics such as the tiger mom, helicopter parenting, and the over-use of technology. What a wonderful addition to the growing literature.