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Direct linkJennens, Roger – Child Care in Practice, 2009
This article discusses the wider implications of a pattern of behaviour in which a parent, usually the mother, persistently presents a false story of illness or disability in the child. Such behaviour can be harmful to the child. The parent may deliberately produce symptoms of illness; the child may be exposed to unnecessary but painful and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Mothers, Psychological Patterns, Mental Disorders
