tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post4912336466880332479..comments2023-07-03T09:22:01.637+01:00Comments on tasting rhubarb: Reading WinnicottJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-53256346258991718682011-11-14T13:03:27.742+00:002011-11-14T13:03:27.742+00:00I'm probably closer to your parents' age t...I'm probably closer to your parents' age than yours, Litlove, and, yes, both parents and grandparents suffered a lot in both world wars. <br /><br />I'll look for that book in particular - thanks. I don't usually find it difficult to read about psychology, on the contrary, it only fascinates me and I have usually found it empowering to learn more. I think the fact that I find it painful to read Winnicott - mild and polite as he is (though, gosh, very patronising to a modern ear!) - is precisely because some of his observations are so relevant to me.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-71805654029479943372011-11-14T12:44:55.711+00:002011-11-14T12:44:55.711+00:00I'm so proud of you for giving Winnicott a go....I'm so proud of you for giving Winnicott a go. Alas,when you read him, you do wish dearly (I know I did) that there could be a Winnicott in your own life. It's the book 'Playing and Reality', I think, that has the most about transitional space. I wonder whether it's our generation who suffered most from poor parenting. Our grandparents went through the war, two wars, sometimes, and I think it altered them in ways that no one has paid much attention to. It also left a lot of motherless/fatherless children in a bad position to bring up their own children when the time came. <br /><br />It sucks big time, to realise how things could have been so different if only our parents had made a better job of it. But I do think (and personally feel) that it's possible to mourn our childhoods and move beyond them, to a place where they are far less relevant. I'm cheering you on, as I hope you know.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-74834994060633381762011-11-14T04:09:46.187+00:002011-11-14T04:09:46.187+00:00(o)(o)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.com