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Care for the caregiver as the final ingredient, is fundamental to the previous six [“essential ingredients for the development of children at home and away from home.”] Care can only be received to the extent that the caregivers are personally prepared and ready to engage in these interactions. It is inherent that the caretakers be nurtured themselves and experience sustained caring support in order to transmit this quality of care to others. Caregivers are enriched or limited as agents of care according to the care they receive. Are their activities in their role as givers supported by their own personal caregivers, their primary groups, and their wider social institutions? Are caregivers assured of their own physical comfort and ample personal privacy in space and time, and are they provided chances for secure support from others when the caregiving becomes rough? Do they have access to resources for doing what has to be done? In short, is there ample care for the caring? ... The essential message can probably best be summarized in the greeting which nowadays is frequently heard among young adults. On leave-taking, they often exchange two simple but powerful words: "Take care!" This phrase seems to encapsulate a theme: true caring largely reflects the mutuality of care received and care rendered. All of us, adults and children, need this exquisite blend of affirmation. |
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