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What is Homemaker

Challenges and Opportunities for Women, Parenting, and Child Development
A person who spends their time looking after children and housework, commonly applied to a woman.
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Investigating the Impacts of Disabilities on Familial Relationships With Their Children: A Focus on Mothers
Molly Mullen (Marymount Manhattan College, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1285-8.ch010
Abstract
Having a child with a presenting disability can have an impact on families, especially on mothers who oftentimes assume the role of a primary caretaker. This research chapter aims to explore the defining categories of children with disabilities and the impacts families and mothers who have a child with a disability, may have. By calling attention to the roles and responsibilities of families but specifically mothers who are raising a child with disabilities, which is oftentimes a neglected subject in society, this paper hopes to increase awareness and understanding surrounding this subject.
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