Mothers of Adult Children
Contributions by Mirna E. Carranza, Susan Duenke, Nancy Gerber, Trish Green, Tabitha Holmes, Elizabeth Hormann, Sandra Jarvie, D. Karin D. Kingston, Elzbieta Korolczuk, Deborah M. Merrill, Alison Nash, Chrissie Rogers, Ethel Morgan Smith, Jasmina Tešanovic, Linda White, Mary Woodville Edited by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
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Publication date:
12 September 2013Length of book:
202 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9780739183014
Mothers of Adult Children elucidates what happens when children come of age and leave home, creating new lives in the realms of work and relationships. Mothers from around the world learn that this is the point in which their relationships with their children must drastically change. Mothers often come to terms with the changes by accepting differences and providing moral and emotional support when needed. However, the evolutionary nature of mothers’ roles throughout the course of their children’s lives is not only determined by the mother-child dynamic. The mothering of adult children is a transformative role, and the stories presented here show that the dynamics between mother and child are also influenced by cultural events. Accidents, disasters, war, and other hardships also intervene in these stories of multicultural motherhood. This book reveals the problems mothers of adult children face and celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of those who mother through hardship.
Mothers of Adult Children might be re-named “Other Mothers of Adult Children.” The women whose stories she tells are not of the stereotypical Hallmark card variety. Instead, we are presented with women who mother despite and with major challenges—and in some cases the challenges are horrific. In this compelling book, testimonies of impoverished minority women reveal how economics and ethnicity plays a role in mothering. We can be grateful that Bouvard has shared these honest stories to help us understand how mothering has developed in this postmodern world.”