TY - BOOK ID - 138786949 TI - The monster within PY - 2010 SN - 1282660810 9786612660818 0520947207 9780520947207 9781282660816 9780520267138 0520267133 6612660813 PB - Berkeley University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Motherhood KW - Mother and child KW - Love, Maternal KW - Psychological aspects. KW - ambivalence. KW - childbearing. KW - childbirth. KW - clinicians. KW - dark thoughts. KW - expecting mothers. KW - family therapy. KW - gender studies. KW - maternal behavior. KW - maternity. KW - mixed feelings. KW - motherhood. KW - mothering. KW - new mothers. KW - nonfiction study. KW - nonfiction. KW - parenthood. KW - parenting. KW - positive change. KW - pregnancy. KW - psyche. KW - psychoanalysis. KW - psychology. KW - self help. KW - social taboo. KW - therapists. KW - therapy. KW - uncertainty. KW - western society. KW - women and children. KW - womens issues. KW - womens studies. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138786949 AB - Mixed feelings about motherhood-uncertainty over having a child, fears of pregnancy and childbirth, or negative thoughts about one's own children-are not just hard to discuss, they are a powerful social taboo. In this beautifully written book, Barbara Almond brings this troubling issue to light. She uncovers the roots of ambivalence, tells how it manifests in lives of women and their children, and describes a spectrum of maternal behavior-from normal feelings to highly disturbed mothering. In a society where perfection in parenting is the unattainable ideal, this compassionate book also shows how women can affect positive change in their lives. ER -