Compensatory Connection.
In the past several decades, mothering has intensified by a number of measures. Explanations for this intensification tend to forefront women’s concerns about others, such as concerns about their children’s future economic security. This qualitative 3-year longitudinal study of U.S. mothers of young...
| Published in: | Journal of Family Issues Vol. 36; no. 14; pp. 1928 - 1957 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Dec2015
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