Maternal ambivalence: Why we can feel both love and hate for our children

January 11, 2021

An excited Zoe, 16, is dressed and ready for her best friend’s long awaited birthday party.

She’s wearing a new dress (her dad thinks it is a little too tight), high heels and make-up. She’s so excited she can’t eat her dinner – but solemnly promises her mother, Bella, that at the party, she will not drink any alcohol, avoid the “bad girl groups” and call for a lift home by 11pm.

Dr Margo Lowy

Psychotherapist
Maternal Ambivalence
Author
New Book ‘The Maternal Experience: Encounters with Ambivalence and Love’ out now!

margo lowy profile

As featured in...

australian financial review logo
the british psychological society
bounty logo
mum for mum logo
theaustralian
wildlings forest school logo
kidspot
bar ilan university logo
stony brook school of social welfare
lecture at tel aviv university