Why Mothering Matters

Author : Dayna M. Kurtz
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781641700290

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Mother Matters by Dayna M. Kurtz Pdf

Millions of mothers are born each year. From the moment a baby is born, the world seems to focus on childcare, but what about mothercare? Enter Dayna Kurtz, the brains behind Huffington Post's Mother Matters blog. From postpartum depression and "baby blues" to healing meals and postnatal exercise, Kurtz guides new and veteran mothers alike through the best practices to care for themselves during their first year of motherhood. Her unique approach also includes less common methods like acupressure, expressive arts therapy, and more to help mothers boost their mental health and reclaim their identity. Backed by irrefutable research and personal anecdotes, Mother Matters is the guide every mother needs to not only survive but thrive!

Author : Maddie McMahon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1780665903

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Why Mothering Matters by Maddie McMahon Pdf

A nuanced and revealing discussion of what it means to be a mother in modern society.

Author : Natalie Flynn
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781760870836

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Smart Mothering by Natalie Flynn Pdf

'Natalie has a wealth of knowledge on so many topics and provides great bite-sized pieces of advice.' Nadia Lim 'Finally a book that deals with the things that really matter, based on the actual science and a depth of clinical experience.' Nigel Latta Psychologist Dr Natalie Flynn has examined all the research on key baby topics such as feeding, sleeping and crying. The result? Smart Mothering, a revolutionary book that separates the facts from the opinions. Find out what research says about the dilemmas so many parents face: What if I can't breastfeed? Is it best to feed on demand? Can I leave my baby to cry? Should I vaccinate my baby? Is bed-sharing a good idea? Natalie provides the answers to these questions and many more. Smart Mothering is objective, accessible and practical. With helpful tips, succinct summaries and clear diagrams it demystifies the often confusing and overwhelming world of parenting. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to make informed decisions about how best to care for their baby.

Author : Erica Komisar
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781101992210

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Being There by Erica Komisar Pdf

A powerful look at the importance of a mother’s presence in the first years of life **Featured in The Wall Street Journal, and seen on Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, and CBS New York** In this important and empowering book, veteran psychoanalyst Erica Komisar explains why a mother's emotional and physical presence in her child's life--especially during the first three years--gives the child a greater chance of growing up emotionally healthy, happy, secure, and resilient. In other words, when it comes to connecting with your baby or toddler, more is more. Compassionate and balanced, and focusing on the emotional health of children and moms alike, this book shows parents how to give their little ones the best chance for developing into healthy and loving adults. Based on more than two decades of clinical work, established psychoanalytic theory, and the most cutting-edge neurobiological research on caregiving, attachment, and brain development, Being There explains: • How to establish emotional connection with a newborn or young child--regardless of whether you're able to work part-time or stay home • How to ease transitions to minimize stress for your baby or toddler • How to select and train quality childcare • What's true and false about widely held beliefs like "I'm not good with babies" and “I’ll make up for it when he’s older” • How to recognize and combat feelings of postpartum depression or boredom • Why three months of maternity leave is not long enough--and how parents can take control of their choices to provide for their family's emotional needs in the first three years Being a new mom isn’t easy. But with support, emotional awareness, and coping skills, it can be the most magical—and essential—work we’ll ever do.

Author : Peter Cook
Publisher : Peter Cook
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780646503660

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Mothering Denied by Peter Cook Pdf

Author : Edan Lepucki
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781683358879

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Mothers Before by Edan Lepucki Pdf

Who was your mother before she was a mother? Essays and photos from Brit Bennett, Jennifer Egan, Danzy Senna, Laura Lippman, Jia Tolentino, and many more. In this remarkable collection, New York Times–bestselling novelist Edan Lepucki gathers more than sixty original essays and favorite photographs to explore this question. The daughters in Mothers Before are writers and poets, artists and teachers, and the images and stories they share reveal the lives of women in ways that are vulnerable and true, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and always moving. Contributors include: Brit Bennett * Jennine Capó Crucet * Jennifer Egan * Angela Garbes * Annabeth Gish * Alison Roman * Lisa See * Danzy Senna * Dana Spiotta * Lan Samantha Chang * Laura Lippman * Jia Tolentino * Tiffany Nguyen * Charmaine Craig * Maya Ramakrishnan * Eirene Donohue * and many others

Author : Sally Goddard Blythe
Publisher : Early Years
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Child development
ISBN : 1907359834

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Raising Happy Healthy Children by Sally Goddard Blythe Pdf

The author presents convincing research to show how a baby's relationship with his or her mother has a lasting and deep impact. Recent social changes--whether it is delayed motherhood, limited success with breastfeeding, or the mother's early return to work--can interfere with the key developmental milestones essential for the baby's wellbeing in later life. Sally Goddard Blythe says, "We need a society that gives children their parents and, most of all, gives babies their mothers back." This book is the fully updated second edition of What Babies and Children Really Need.

Author : María Cioè-Peña
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800411302

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(M)othering Labeled Children by María Cioè-Peña Pdf

This book takes a distinctive approach to exploring the experiences and identities of minoritized Latinx mothers who are raising a child who is labeled as both an emergent bilingual and dis/abled. It showcases relationships between families and schools and reveals the myriad of ways in which school-based decisions regarding disability, language and academic placement impact family dynamics. Treating the mothers as experts, this book uses testimonios to explore not only what mothers know but also how they develop funds of knowledge and how they apply them to their child’s education. The stories shed light on how mothers perceive their child’s disability, how they engage with their child and the value they place on bilingualism. The narratives reveal the complex lives mothers lead and the ways in which they strive to meet the academic and socioemotional needs of their children, regardless of the financial, physical and emotional costs to them. This book has significant implications for researchers and professionals working in bilingual education, special education, inclusive education and disability studies in education.

Author : Peter Cook
Publisher : Freedom Publishing Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0977569934

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Mothering Matters by Peter Cook Pdf

This book argues that mothering is the most natural, healthy, and best-fit system for infant care, of benefit to the mother, child development, and society. Part one examines at the evidence on mother care and child development, part two looks at social values that disrupt mothering and the damage this can cause, and part three discusses how society can better support mothering. Chapter include: Five lines of evidence for natural, 'best fit' mothering; Our pedigree for success in mothering; Breastfeeding and its health significance; Attachment, John Bowlby, and pre-war London doctors; Mothering, hormones, brain activities, and love; Comparing some effects of mother-care and day care; How 'eco-genetic' mismatch can affect health; Early civilisations and environmental change; Are children born as Jesus saw them, or with original sin?; The fateful hoaxing of Margaret Mead; Social sciences detach from biology ; Equality feminism and mothering denied; and What can be done?

Author : Maggie Combs
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802498045

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Motherhood Without All the Rules by Maggie Combs Pdf

Ditch Pressure for Freedom in Christ Any mom who has tried to create a godly home for her family knows it doesn’t happen automatically. Through books, blogs, and Instagram accounts, culture asserts that good moms must follow certain standards and abide by certain rules if she want what’s best for her children. She must do everything she can—and she must do it all just right. Following the suggested steps and recommended rules may seem best, but what if we’re missing the point? This is something Maggie Combs came to realize while seeking to be a good mom to her three sons. Though the world around us may have critical expectations and rules for mothering, Christ instead calls moms to an intimate, abiding relationship with a triune God. In Motherhood Without All the Rules, Maggie identifies the main “rules” moms today often feel pressured to follow and counters them with gospel truth. You’ll discover how the character of each member of the trinity practically impacts your role as a mom. Join Maggie in forgetting the rules, so that instead of being a good mom, you grow to become a holy mom.

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781608467204

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The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit Pdf

A collection of feminist essays steeped in “Solnit’s unapologetically observant and truth-speaking voice on toxic, violent masculinity” (The Los Angeles Review). In a timely and incisive follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers sharp commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary, the recent history of rape jokes, and much more. In characteristic style, “Solnit draw[s] anecdotes of female indignity or male aggression from history, social media, literature, popular culture, and the news . . . The main essay in the book is about the various ways that women are silenced, and Solnit focuses upon the power of storytelling—the way that who gets to speak, and about what, shapes how a society understands itself and what it expects from its members. The Mother of All Questions poses the thesis that telling women’s stories to the world will change the way that the world treats women, and it sets out to tell as many of those stories as possible” (The New Yorker). “There’s a new feminist revolution—open to people of all genders—brewing right now and Rebecca Solnit is one of its most powerful, not to mention beguiling, voices.”—Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times–bestselling author of Natural Causes “Short, incisive essays that pack a powerful punch.” —Publishers Weekly “A keen and timely commentary on gender and feminism. Solnit’s voice is calm, clear, and unapologetic; each essay balances a warm wit with confident, thoughtful analysis, resulting in a collection that is as enjoyable and accessible as it is incisive.” —Booklist

Author : Claire Bischoff,Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo,Annie Hardison-Moody
Publisher : Springer
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319596532

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Parenting as Spiritual Practice and Source for Theology by Claire Bischoff,Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo,Annie Hardison-Moody Pdf

This volume investigates how mothers can understand parenting as spiritual practice, and what this practice means for theological scholarship. An intergenerational and intercultural group of mother-scholars explores these questions that arise at the intersection of motherhood studies, religious practice, pastoral care, and theology through engaging and accessible essays. Essays include both narrative and theological elements, as authors draw on personal reflection, interviews, and/or sociological studies to write about the theological implications of parenting practice, rethink key concepts in theology, and contribute to a more robust account of parenting as spiritual practice from various theological perspectives. The volume both challenges oppressive, religious images of self-sacrificing motherhood and considers the spiritual dimensions of mothering that contribute to women’s empowerment and well-being. It also deepens practical and systematic theologies to include concern for the embodied and everyday challenges and joys of motherhood as it is experienced and practiced in diverse contexts of privilege and marginalization.

Author : Daniel N Stern,Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998-12-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780786724628

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The Birth Of A Mother by Daniel N Stern,Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern Pdf

As you prepare to become a mother, you face an experience unlike any other in your life. Having a baby will redirect your preferences and pleasures and, most likely, will realign some of your values.As you undergo this unique psychological transformation, you will be guided by new hopes, fears, and priorities. In a most startling way, having a child will influence all of your closest relationships and redefine your role in your family's history. The charting of this remarkable, new realm is the subject of this compelling book.Renowned psychiatrist Daniel N. Stern has joined forces with pediatrician and child psychiatrist Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern and journalist Alison Freeland to paint a wonderfully evocative picture of the psychology of motherhood. At the heart of The Birth of a Mother is an arresting premise: Just as a baby develops physically in utero and after birth, so a mother is born psychologically in the many months that precede and follow the birth of her baby.The recognition of this inner transformation emerges from hundreds of interviews with new mothers and decades of clinical experience. Filled with revealing case studies and personal comments from women who have shared this experience, this book will serve as an invaluable sourcebook for new mothers, validating the often confusing emotions that accompany the development of this new identity. In addition to providing insight into the unique state of motherhood, the authors touch on related topics such as going back to work, fatherhood, adoption, and premature birth.During pregnancy, mothers-to-be talk about morning sickness and their changing bodies, and new mothers talk about their exhaustion, the benefits of nursing or bottle-feeding, and the dilemma of whether or when they should return to work. And yet, they can be strangely mute about the dramatic and often overwhelming changes going on in their inner lives. Finally, with The Birth of a Mother, these powerful feelings are eloquently put into words.

Author : Moyra Davey
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781609801021

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Mother Reader by Moyra Davey Pdf

The intersection of motherhood and creative life is explored in these writings on mothering that turn the spotlight from the child to the mother herself. Here, in memoirs, testimonials, diaries, essays, and fiction, mothers describe first-hand the changes brought to their lives by pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering. Many of the writers articulate difficult and socially unsanctioned maternal anger and ambivalence. In Mother Reader, motherhood is scrutinized for all its painful and illuminating subtleties, and addressed with unconventional wisdom and candor. What emerges is a sense of a community of writers speaking to and about each other out of a common experience, and a compilation of extraordinary literature never before assembled in a single volume.

Author : Andrea O'Reilly,Association for Research on Mothering
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Feminist theory
ISBN : 1550144367

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Mother Matters by Andrea O'Reilly,Association for Research on Mothering Pdf