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Parenting
fromPsychology Today
12 hours ago

A Secret That Some Mothers Will Never Tell

Mothers commonly experience love without liking their children, a stigmatized feeling kept secret due to idealized motherhood expectations that deny natural ambivalence.
Parenting
fromBuzzFeed
2 weeks ago

16 Parents Confess The Brutally Honest Reasons Why They Regret Having Kids, And It's Important

A woman who had a child due to cultural pressure rather than personal desire experiences parenting as responsibility without maternal fulfillment, and would choose not to have children if given the choice.
Parenting
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

The Value of Rethinking 'How Was Your Day?'

Mothers benefit from embracing ambivalent, simultaneous emotions—the 'and'—rather than forcing binary feelings, using mixed emotions as opportunities for growth and understanding.
Parenting
fromNew York Family
1 month ago

Matrescence: How to Reclaim Your Identity After Motherhood

Matrescence transforms women into mothers, altering identity, body, emotions, and priorities; recovery requires boundaries, self-rediscovery, help, and self-compassion.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Greek Myth of Demeter and Persephone Reinterpreted

While researching for my Ph.D., I decided to delve into Greek mythology to determine whether I could find a story that could illuminate my understanding of mothering and my interest in maternal ambivalence. I discovered the myth of Demeter and Persephone, which, while thousands of years old, demonstrates how a mythical mother, Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, weathers changes and obstacles
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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

The Taboo and Pain of Reproductive and Maternal Loss

Maternal ambivalence stems from embracing flow rather than rigid perfection; women need individualized time to heal after reproductive and maternal loss.
Parenting
fromtime.com
10 months ago

You Don't Have to Be Certain You Want Kids to HaveThem

Maternal ambivalence, or uncertainty about wanting children, is a common yet misunderstood feeling many women experience.
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