Free (Kindle) Mothers: Their Power and Influence [Vintage Psychology & Parent Advice]

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Mothers: Their Power and Influence by the late English author Ann Dally (Wikipedia, obituary @ The Guardian), a psychiatrist turned medical historian, is her vintage behavioural psychology book, which was intended to be an accessibly-written in-depth guide to behaviours and environmental influences to aid mothers to better understand the psychological underpinnings of their relationships with their children, incorporating true accounts of the author's extensive observations gleaned from her psychiatric practice, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Odyssey imprint.

This was originally published in 1976 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. We've previously also received as a freebie a topical social history book by the same author: Inventing Motherhood: The Consequences of an Ideal

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)

Description
A unique bond

Dr Ann Dally, a practising psychiatrist, provides an in-depth perspective on mothers, based on her experience observing mothers at a personal level.

Her perspective is intended to provide mothers, and new mothers, with a deeper understanding of the forces that may at times seem irrational.

She explores the three stages of motherhood: enclosure, extension and separation and stresses that it is important to understand these stages to be able to identify certain behavioural patterns.

Although there are a variety of other factors, understanding the mother-child relationship does play a significant role.

Included throughout the book are true accounts of Dr Ann Dally’s encounters with mothers and children, as well as excerpts from well-known works from D.H. Lawrence and Philip Roth, who both wrote about their own ‘enclosing’ mothers.

Going beyond the three stages of mothering, Dr Ann Dally covers the three types of environment that tie in with the stages of mothering.

This important analysis provides a further understanding of how the mother’s behaviour, along with the environment that surrounds the child, impacts a child’s future.

Mothers: Their Power and Influence sheds light on a variety of perspectives and really explores the dynamics and behaviours that make up mother/child relationships.