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The idea of pedagogically reconsidering the figure of the maternal mother, that I nurtured in my heart and in my mind had some positive repercussions. Indeed certain preconceptions resulted as being rather relative as well as a number of basic premises were elaborated for an informed reading of the "mother's mother's" care and educational practices. In such a context, the maternal grandmother's peculiarity is that of cooperating, even more than other grandparents, to the psychic and affective integration of the grandchild, through her presence and her educa-tional and caring practices (which are renewed or de-structured from mother to mother) as well as through her family tales and narrations, which, when grandchildren become adults, will form the cherished memories of the "birth home".
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Massimiliano Stramaglia is Associate Professor of General and Social Pedagogy at the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism of the University of Macerata. His main research fields are represented by family educational relationships and pop culture.He published many books and articles on national and international scientific reviews.
