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community mothering  

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  • Community mothering is a phenomenon based on communal responsibility, and is fundamental to sustaining the respectful and prominent role of the mothering institution. It defies traditional, dominant notions of child rearing and nurturing that tend toward individualistic maternal practice—that is, expecting one woman to assume full responsibility to care, love, and nurture biological children.Historical OverviewWith kinship origins in early African societies, this collaborative maternal practice was promulgated by biological, or blood mothers, with other women, who in turn cared for biological children. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Community Mothering]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MFNTK72F-0

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