A Two‐Way Mirror: Some reflections between a working mother and her daughter

Abstract

Few of us receive adequate training in motherhood. Ironically, there is a wealth of information: there are the examples of our own mothers to accept or reject; there are courses in child care which teach the technical skills—for instance, how to bath the baby without dropping or drowning the poor thing; the baby books tell us what to do for nappy rash and just about every other childhood ailment; child psychologists, general practitioners, and uncle Tom Cobley and all tell us ‘not to worry’.

Citation

Beck, J. and Beck, S. (1985), "A Two‐Way Mirror: Some reflections between a working mother and her daughter", Women in Management Review, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 95-102. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005124