Being There
why prioritising motherhood in the first three years matters
$50.11
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
21 February 2026
Summary
The Power of Presence: Motherhood’s Impact on a Child’s First Three Years
A provocative and powerful book about the importance of maternal presence in a child’s first three years of life, from psychoanalyst Erica Komisar.
In this important and conversation-starting book, veteran psychoanalyst Erica Komisar offers a provocative and compelling premise - a mother’s emotional and physical presence in her child’s life – especially during the first three years – means that her chi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529979862 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529979862 |
| Author: | Erica Komisar |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Cornerstone Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 21 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Erica Komisar
Erica Komisar, LCSW, is the author of Being There- Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters, which won a Family Choice Award for best parenting book, and Chicken Little the Sky Isn’t Falling- Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety. A psychoanalyst, clinical social worker, and parent guidance expert, she earned her MSW from Columbia University and started her private practice in New York City in 1990. A contributing editor for the Institute for Family Studies, she belongs to the InternationalPsychoanalytic Association and lives in Manhattan with her husband and three young-adult children.
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