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Motherhood wears different faces. The experience of being a mother is affected by a woman’s personal history, by the position she holds in her society, and by the social and economic forces operating in her culture. The experience of motherhood is also affected by the mother’s health and present circumstances, by the quality of her relationships with family and friends, and, not least important, by the unique characteristics of her children.
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Birns, B., Hay, D.F. (1988). Introduction. In: Birns, B., Hay, D.F. (eds) The Different Faces of Motherhood. Perspectives in Developmental Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2109-3_1
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