The Ordinary Devoted Mother and Her Baby
. T-t r* n A . :Author: D. W. Winnicott, F.R.C.P. Apply ” Pamphlet 47 Queen Anne Street, London, W.l. Is. 2d. post free.
This little book whifch contains nine broadcast talks given by Dr D. W. Winnicott, is quite charming. It is a simple account of the relationship between mother and baby, explaining what each means to the other.
Dr Winnicott takes it for granted that mothers love their babies and want to do the best for them, and his object is to help them to become aware of what they are doing and encourage them to go on, rather than to instruct them in the art of motherhood. The baby is seen as a person from the very beginning with an innate morality which needs time and opportunity to develop. The mother is encouraged to help her baby to develop’his own personality in the belief that he will eventually adopt her standards of behaviour because of his love for her.
This is a booklet which could well be given to every expectant mother and which should also be read by hospital nurses, health visitors and all who are concerned with infants and young children. C.H.S.
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