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Parenting expert teaches moms how
to survive the stages of parenthood.
Murphy wanted her book to present a
new angle in analyzing childrearing.
Instead of focusing on the develop-
mental phases of children, she probed
nn Pleshette Murphy, like
the developmental phases of moms.
many American moms,
The concepts Murphy addresses
. hopes to start out Mother's
reference
her academic background in
Day by being served breakfast in bed
psychology,
a long career working with
and then continue on with a day full
experts
in
child
development, talks
of pampering by her family.
with
mothers
facing
day-to-day chal-
Murphy, perhaps unlike many
lenges
and
her
personal
experiences.
American mon-is, thinks of the cel-
"I really wanted women
to read this book and feel
as if they were talking to
a friend or neighbor who
learned from her own mis-
takes and could make other
mothers feel less alone
and less guilty:' explains
Murphy, 52, who has a
daughter in college and a
spn in high school. "The
number '7' was somewhat
arbitrary at first, but when
I began to organize my
thinking, the research and
interviews,'7' really seemed
to work."
Murphy's stages, with
differing timelines, are
defined as "Altered States"
ANN
(pregnancy, birth and the
PLESHETTE
first 3 months of life),
"Finding Your Footing,
MURPHY
Finding Yourself" (4
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months-12 months),
PARENTING EXPERT
"Letting Go" (the toddler
years, 1 and 2),"Trying to
Do It All" (the preschool
Ann Pleshette Murphy: "One of the big chal-
years,
3-6),"Reading the
lenges is the notion of instilling compassion
Compass
to God Knows
and raising nice children who don't feel they're
Where"
(years
6-10),
entitled to everything that they want."
"Living in the Grey Zone"
(the preteen years, 10-13)
and
"It
Gets
Easier ... and Then They
ebration and the attitudes addressed
Leave"
(the
teen
years 13-18).
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