Citations:patrescence


 * 1988, Patricia Whelehan, Women and Health: Cross-cultural Perspectives, Praeger
 * Viewing the first childbirth and the transition to parenting (matrescence and patrescence) as rites of passage, she discusses the importance of a support person during this time.
 * 1990, Raymond S. Duff, Assessing Pediatric Practice: A Critical Study
 * It seems logical to coin two words, “matrescence” for mother (which Raphael has done) and “patrescence” for father, to designate these crucial passages.
 * 1993, Barbara Katz Rothman, Encyclopedia of Childbearing: Critical Perspectives, Greenwood Publishing Group (ISBN 9780897746489), page 242:
 * MATRESCENCE AND PATRESCENCE
 * A most dramatic time in any adult&#39;s life occurs at the birth of the first child, a time of deep psychological and cultural ...
 * 1996, Donna Cunningham, The Moon in Your Life: Being a Lunar Type in a Solar World, Weiser Books (ISBN 9780877288374), page 166:
 * We&#39;re devoting most of this chapter to matrescence, but what about patrescence? What do men go through in becoming fathers, and what can help them make ...