Megan Kirshbaum, PhD
(AFTA Newsletter, 1997) [7 pages]

This article examines the provision of babycare equipment through the lens of the infant/parent relationship, the lens of the family system, and through the lens of the culture. "It is important to recognize babycare equipment provision as a catalyst for rapid relationship change at a time when a family may be overloaded by changes related to the transition to parenthood and disability. In such situations, the seeding of small changes may have profound meaning, connoting possibilities and options that can be pursued at a family's own pace."