The baby’s total dependence on his caregivers, as defined in Winnicott’s classic theory of object relations, assists one loving mother to defend the infants against a sarcastic and spiteful headline on the internet. While doing so, she finds herself deeply thinking about the way she copes with her little girl on everyday life and about the projections that occur in the mother – infant relationship.
Mourning over LEGO towers
An innocent game of LEGO on an early Sunday morning between one adorable sleep monster and her tired mother, reveals interesting insights about parenthood styles, while re-thinking Z. Freud’s theory of mourning and melancholia.