In praise of dirt: a mother's account of her childhood

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A mother narrates her attitudes towards playing in the dirt. She recounts how her mother is overly afraid of her contracting germs. However, she managed to change her overly cautious attitude and now allows her daughter to play in mud pools.

Author: Mithers, Carol Lynn
Health aspects, Children, Recreation, Play

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Declarations of independence

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A mother discusses the difficulty she faced when she had to accept her child wanted to have more freedom and was not longer so reliant on her mother.

Author: Mithers, Carol Lynn
Motherhood, Autonomy (Psychology)

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Discovering the not-mom

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A mother describes how she discovered herself when she left her child with her partner and went on vacation to Guatemala.

Author: Mithers, Carol Lynn
Psychological aspects, Vacations

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Subjects list: Personal narratives, Mothers
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