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Sarah Sandison

Why being the 'good enough' parent can have benefits for your child

What if, today, you’re not an incredible parent.

A perfect and completely selfless, all service robot, dedicated solely to the needs and whims of those around you? What if instead, you were simply 'good enough'?

“The good-enough mother” is the term coined by Donald Winnicott an English paediatrician and psychoanalyst in 1953. Yet, decades later, we're still struggling to digest and implement his wisdom.

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