A parent-child day center to welcome the bored mother.
A Parent-Child Day Center was started in a small city to cater to the bored mother, and her child(ren). The authors consider several psychodynamic studies on boredom, and propose clinical examples to show the various psychopathological situations involved, and the fact that in these circumstances the libidinal investment of the mother in her child is often absent or inhibited. In these cases, the Day Center appears to be a useful tool for prevention and even treatment. Paradoxically enough, the effectiveness of this tool does not always depend on the significance of the distortion in the relationship between the mother and the child. But when the pathology of the mother is serious, such a place often serves to point out the problem rather than to diminish its consequences on the health and development of the child.
Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé Barthélémy-Durand, Paris, France.
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D000328:Adult; D001887:Boredom; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002660:Child Guidance; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development