%0 Journal Article
%T Maternity as a domain of permanent woman’s development in the course of life
%A Mądry, Maria
%J Developmental Psychology
%V 2012
%R 10.4467/20843879PR.12.015.0634
%N Volume 17, Issue 3
%P 9-21
%K stages of motherhood, motherhood metaphors, motherhood, the role of a mother
%@ 1895-6297
%D 2012
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/psychologia-rozwojowa/article/macierzynstwo-jako-plaszczyzna-permanentnego-rozwoju-kobiety-w-biegu-zycia
%X 
	Maternity as a domain of permanent woman’s development in the course of life
	
	Making a commitment to be a mother and fulfi lling this role is a long-term process, which consists of different quality stages. One can notice an analogy between the stages of being a mother and the course of nature. This similarity concerns the outline of development: birth, adolescence, maturation, and twilight of one’s life. Like each subsequent season of the year, each stage puts new evolutionary tasks on the woman and their successful accomplishment leads to her acquisition of important skills and characteristics. The beginning of each stage of the role of a mother is marked by a change in the growth and functioning of a child.