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Good enough parent is a concept deriving from the work of Donald Winnicott, in his efforts to provide support for what he called "the sound instincts of normal parents...stable and healthy families".
Mar 14, 2018 · The phrase "good enough mother" was first coined in 1953 by Donald Winnicott, a British pediatrician and psychoanalyst. Winnicott observed thousands of babies and their mothers, and he came to realize that babies and children actually benefit when their mothers fail them in manageable ways.
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Winnicott stressed that what was important was for the mother to provide ‘good enough’ mothering. Frustrations also facilitate healthy development for the infant, who learns that there are limits to their needs and what the environment can provide.
6 days ago · A concept introduced in 1953 by the English psychoanalyst Donald Woods Winnicott (1896–1971) to denote a mother who initially behaves towards a totally dependent infant just how the infant wishes, allowing the infant to feel all-powerful and to maintain the fantasy that the mother is a part of itself, and who later allows the child to abandon ...
- The ‘good-enough’ Mother
- The ‘Transitional Object’
- The ‘False Self’ and The ‘True Self’
- The ‘Capacity For Concern’
Winnicott recognised that ‘the ordinary devoted mother’ was not perfect and would, therefore, inevitably make mistakes in the care of her infant. What she would then do, however, was to make repairs and readjustments in her interaction with the infant. This idea of the ‘good-enough mother’ has offered solace to parents ever since Winnicott coined t...
Perhaps Winnicott’s best known idea is his explanation of the child’s habit of becoming very attached to a favourite blanket or toy. Interaction with this material object tends to lessen anxiety and also help the child adapt to change. Many parents will testify that what is a smelly bit of old blanket to them may become something very important to ...
Along with his ideas on ‘good-enough’ parenting, Winnicott discusses what he calls environmental failure at various stages of the child’s (emotional) development. At the earliest stage of infancy, when the child is in a state of ‘absolute dependence’ on the mother, such failure can have very serious effects on later development. He describes the si...
In the early life of the healthy infant, a very important stage of development is marked by the beginning of a ‘capacity for concern’. Between the ages of five months or so and two years, children gradually develop a sense of personal responsibility for their actions. Winnicott says that concern ‘turns up in the baby’s life as a highly sophisticate...
May 8, 2016 · Winnicott calls for a recognition of “the immense contribution to the individual and to society” that “the ordinary good mother” makes simply by virtue of her devotion to the child, particularly in the early stages of infancy.
Donald Winnicott (1896 – 1971) was a British psychoanalyst and paediatrician, best known for his theories of child development, and for his influence in the development of object relations theory. The phrase “ the good enough mother ” emerged from Winnicott’s work, and he placed emphasis of the role of early relational experiences ...
