As soon as they come out of their shells, some chicks start following the first animated object they see, as if it were their biological mother. The Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz, at the origin of this discovery in the 1940s, experienced it himself by becoming the mother figure of greylag geese. A few years later […]
The cross : Does loving attachment depend on childhood experiences? Patrick Traube: Yes, even if in humans nothing is ever written definitively. We know, however, that the baby’s first year is a pivotal period in his emotional development. In utero, he already perceives maternal emotions and is imbued with them. If the mother is anxious, […]
► “I can talk about the rules with my boyfriend” Louise, 20 years “I was not surprised by my first period. My mother had already explained to me well but without going into details. I did not know how to put a tampon for example, I learned by talking about it with friends. In school, […]
At 19, Margaux remembers: “I had been told a little about puberty but there were still plenty of gray areas. With my friends, we looked for answers in specialized guides for girls. My parents were very modest. My mom thought I knew what the rules were. We discussed this when I first had them. She […]
“I let him go to sleep with friends at night” Sylvain, 43, father of three children “This period is very complicated for my eldest son, in terminal. He must pass his baccalaureate at the end of the year but he already knows that the specialty tests will be done in continuous assessment. As his grades […]
The cross : Are grandparents in a good position to pass the faith on to grandchildren? Florence Bosviel: Grandparents occupy a special and privileged place. They are not at the forefront of the educational mission. They see their grandchildren on Wednesdays, during the holidays, which are a good time for loving listening. Between them there […]
“The sense of family” Anne, 65 years old, two grandchildren aged 4 and 5 and a half. “Mother of four children, widowed for ten years, I am today a grandmother of two small children, a 4-year-old boy with my daughter, and a 5½-year-old girl on my son’s side. I am cut off from my granddaughter […]
Étienne is a 70-year-old “young” grandfather. As he thinks about what he would like to pass on to his three grandchildren, he often thinks of his own maternal grandmother whose letters he treasures. “Mamine” was affectionate, modern and very “cash” in the way she spoke to her grandson. → TESTIMONIALS. What grandparents want to pass […]
Grandchildren explained to grandparents (1): this title could be read in both directions because this little book is aimed as much at the second as at the first, from the angle of anthropology. → TESTIMONIALS. Summer 2020, the reunion holidays with the grandparents It is therefore not just one more title on the relations between […]
“If I had to do it again, I would think twice. ” Like more than 3.5 million Americans, Jeff Sands, 59, took out a loan a few years ago so his son could go to college. He was in debt to the tune of 100,000 dollars (82,000 €). This Los Angeles area resident who works […]