Title: The motherhood report : how women feel about being mothers /
Authors: Genevie, Louis E.; Margolies, Eva.
Publisher: Macmillan,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Mother-Child Relations; Motherhood United States.; Mothers United States Attitudes.; Mother and child United States; Parenthood United States.; Mothers psychology; United States
Abstract: How women feel about being mothers.
Contents: Myth and reality -- Worry, stress, and responsibility -- Rage and anger -- Joy -- Pain and sorrow -- Love -- The stages of motherhood. Planning and pregnancy ; Childbirth ; Infancy ; Toddlerhood and the early school years ; Prepuberty and adolescence ; The aftermath -- Temperament and personality -- Compliance and values -- Closeness -- Children with physical, emotional, and behavioral problems -- Adopted children and their mothers -- Mothers and daughters, mothers and sons -- Is motherhood good for marriage? -- How women feel about their spouses as parents -- How women feel about their spouses' emotional and practical support -- A father's love -- Single motherhood -- Working mothers and full-time homemakers: who is happier? -- Motherhood.