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Mothers of Adult Children
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2013
Summary
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.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-8300-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-8301-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
184
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Introduction No access
1 When Nana Becomes a Mother No access Pages 1 - 12
2 Mad Hearts No access Pages 13 - 22
3 Rethinking Salvadorian Mothers’ “Suffering” and “Sacrifice” in a Transnational Context No access Pages 23 - 32
4 Mothering Adult Daughters in Contemporary Poland No access Pages 33 - 44
5 Motherhood and the Empty Nest No access Pages 45 - 52
6 Prodigal Sons and Daughters? No access Pages 53 - 62
7 Mothering Adult Sons Versus Daughters No access Pages 63 - 74
8 Mothering Adult Children with Special Needs No access Pages 75 - 84
9 Mothering for Life? No access Pages 85 - 96
10 An Adult Daughter Lost in Alcohol No access Pages 97 - 108
11 Mothering in War No access Pages 109 - 120
12 The Truth is Never Ideal No access Pages 121 - 130
13 Mothering Lost and Found Adult Children No access Pages 131 - 142
14 Dreaming of Mothering; Waking to Joy and Tears No access Pages 143 - 152
