Parenting
Video
The Giving Tree
(2022) b)y Shel Silverstein. An animated childrens book detailing one process of giving between a parent and child. Poignant and moving.
50 Mums, 50 Kids, 1 Extra Chromosone
(2018) by Wouldn't change a thing. Beautiful sequence of mums singing with their children. A tearjerker.
8 things women with autism want you to know
(2018) by Iris. Clear accounts of living with autism.
(2007) by Channel 4. Documentary following a mother as she attempts to repair and revive the maternal bond with her baby. A psychodynamic approach.
AUDIO
(2020) by Saeedeh Hashemi. Explores the upsides of ADHD for individuals and society.
Written
Families and How to Survive Them
(1984) by Robyn Skinner & John Cleese. Easily read description of how we might fall in love and develop from babies to adolescents to adults. A psycho dynamic perspective.
Welcome to Holland
(1984) Short story by Emily Perl Kingsley. 'I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability.'
A brief overview of attachment theory and research
(2020) by R Chris Fraley.'...the same motivational system that gives rise to the close emotional bond between parents and their children is responsible for the bond that develops between adults in emotionally intimate relationships.'
