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A diagnosis of breast cancer triggered family therapist Weingarten's exploration of the myriad ways our culture encourages mothers to keep themselves at a "crippling silence" from their children. Continuing her practice of speaking in the "voice" of the selfless mother, Weingarten, whose children were 10 and 13, began her ordeal with cancer surgery and treatment by concealing her fears and anxieties, but her skilled awareness led her to "unsilence" much of her reaction, to expose her vulnerability and to develop an intimacy with her children despite "fear that confiding . . . would blur a generational boundary between us." With perceptive and convincing observations drawn from research, her therapy practice and personal experience, Weingarten argues that mothers can assume "judicious" rather than "ultimate" responsibility for their children's welfare, responsibility that can be shared with other adults and with the children themselves. Weingarten's gradual approach to a kind of "liberated mothering" is a nurturing and reliable model. Author tour.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
When Weingarten, a family therapist, was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was struck with her hesitancy to express her fears and emotions to her two adolescent children. This book is an exploration of how families can better communicate and attain intimacy. Particular attention is paid to how women can be mothers and partners while retaining a strong sense of self. The author draws primarily from her own family relationships with her husband, children, mother, and grandmothers, though examples from her practice's case histories and scholarly literature are presented as well. Weingarten challenges traditional concepts of parents' relationships with each other and their children and proposes a feminist, nonpatriarchal model for families. This book will be a valuable addition to public libraries and academic libraries supporting family studies, psychotherapy, and counseling programs.
Kathryn Moore Crowe, Jackson Lib., Univ. N.C., Greensboro
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A diagnosis of breast cancer triggered family therapist Weingarten's exploration of the myriad ways our culture encourages mothers to keep themselves at a "crippling silence" from their children. Continuing her practice of speaking in the "voice" of the selfless mother, Weingarten, whose children were 10 and 13, began her ordeal with cancer surgery and treatment by concealing her fears and anxieties, but her skilled awareness led her to "unsilence" much of her reaction, to expose her vulnerability and to develop an intimacy with her children despite "fear that confiding . . . would blur a generational boundary between us." With perceptive and convincing observations drawn from research, her therapy practice and personal experience, Weingarten argues that mothers can assume "judicious" rather than "ultimate" responsibility for their children's welfare, responsibility that can be shared with other adults and with the children themselves. Weingarten's gradual approach to a kind of "liberated mothering" is a nurturing and reliable model. Author tour.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
When Weingarten, a family therapist, was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was struck with her hesitancy to express her fears and emotions to her two adolescent children. This book is an exploration of how families can better communicate and attain intimacy. Particular attention is paid to how women can be mothers and partners while retaining a strong sense of self. The author draws primarily from her own family relationships with her husband, children, mother, and grandmothers, though examples from her practice's case histories and scholarly literature are presented as well. Weingarten challenges traditional concepts of parents' relationships with each other and their children and proposes a feminist, nonpatriarchal model for families. This book will be a valuable addition to public libraries and academic libraries supporting family studies, psychotherapy, and counseling programs.
Kathryn Moore Crowe, Jackson Lib., Univ. N.C., Greensboro
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 88 books Explore: Citations | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: maternal stories, mutual knowing, maternal employment Key Phrases - CAPs: Iron John, New York, Men's Movement, San Francisco Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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I have been interested in mothers' stories for over forty years, ever since my mother told me one I could not understand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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I have been interested in mothers' stories for over forty years, ever since my mother told me one I could not understand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maternal stories, mutual knowing, maternal employment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Iron John, New York, Men's Movement, San Francisco New!
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Iron John by Robert Bly on 7 pages
- Iron John by Robert Bly on 6 pages
- The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism, & the Problem of Domination by Jessica Benjamin on 4 pages
- The Second Shift by Arlie Hochschild on 4 pages
- Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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