Motherhood in the paths of growth and sharing in the value of sisterhood

Abstract

If it is true, as Simone de Beauvoir states, that woman is not born but becomes by virtue of experiences, personality and psyche, it can equally be said that motherhood is also the result of a cultural process (Stramaglia, 2009). So parenting, mothering, is a transformation that starts from the depths and affects every single sphere of life. Becoming a mother is a completely different thing from recognizing oneself as a parent, which is why generativity and parenting are conditions that do not always coincide.

From the pedagogical aspect, access to parenthood is closely related to an educational itinerary made throughout the life journey taken by a woman, including through shared storytelling meetings with other women, mothers, sisters, friends, to establish shared experiences. In the time of the crisis of parental figures and family instability, a valid strategy could be to recreate an itinere, caring and supportive educating community among peers (Zucchi, 2013) starting from sharing the value of solidarity and a sense of sisterhood (Musi, 2007).