My Daughter Is Leaving Home. What Do I Do Now?.

Pendler, Betty

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ERIC Number: EJ208165

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979-Jun

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My Daughter Is Leaving Home. What Do I Do Now?

Pendler, Betty

Exceptional Parent, v9 n3 pD14-16 Jun 1979

The article explores the feelings of a mother with a Down's syndrome daughter when her daughter (aged 23) moves away from home. The mother speaks of her mixed emotions and sense of loss and the difficulty of letting go. (PHR)

Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Emotional Adjustment, Mental Retardation, Mothers, Normalization (Handicapped), Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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