Citations:patrescence

English citations of patrescence

• 1988, Patricia Whelehan, Women and Health: Cross-cultural Perspectives, Praeger

  Viewing the first childbirth and the transition to parenting (matrescence and patrescence) as rites of passage, she discusses the importance of a support person during this time.

• 1990, Raymond S. Duff, Assessing Pediatric Practice: A Critical Study

  It seems logical to coin two words, “matrescence” for mother (which Raphael has done) and “patrescence” for father, to designate these crucial passages.

• 1993, Barbara Katz Rothman, Encyclopedia of Childbearing: Critical Perspectives, Greenwood Publishing Group (→ISBN), page 242:

  MATRESCENCE AND PATRESCENCE

  A most dramatic time in any adult's life occurs at the birth of the first child, a time of deep psychological and cultural ...

• 1996, Donna Cunningham, The Moon in Your Life: Being a Lunar Type in a Solar World, Weiser Books (→ISBN), page 166:

  We're devoting most of this chapter to matrescence, but what about patrescence? What do men go through in becoming fathers , and what can help them make ...