title: Mothers' reflections on raising a child with a craniofacial anomaly.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To conduct a qualitative evaluation of parenting among families with school-aged and young adolescent children with craniofacial anomalies (CFAs).
  
  
  METHODS
  Interview responses were obtained from nine mothers of children ages 9 to 14 years old with CFAs. Mothers were asked to describe their perceptions of their children, their children's special needs because of CFAs, and their parenting strategies. Narratives were coded into categories, including maternal concerns and worries, children's strengths, proactive maternal behaviors, and role of CFAs in the families' lives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mothers' responses indicated concern and protectiveness because of the challenges of having a CFA, as well as parenting strategies intended to promote autonomy and positive social and emotional adjustment.
authors.affiliation: Barnard College, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Tovah
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Alice W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: Eskedar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Getahun
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013637:Tape Recording