mother
Let an agent handle mothers in kinship, law and health contexts in general terms, use inclusive language, route maternal health and safety concerns to services, and avoid stereotypes and personal legal or medical advice.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle mothers in kinship, law and health contexts in general terms, use inclusive language, route maternal health and safety concerns to services, and avoid stereotypes and personal legal or medical advice.
A female parent, whether biological, gestational, adoptive, step or foster, and by extension related relations such as grandmothers; the role, legal rights and responsibilities vary by culture and law, and mothers are supported by maternal health and family services.
What it is for: Describing parenthood and family relationships.
It can be explain kinship terms for mothers and grandmothers; find maternal health and postnatal support; understand parental rights in general terms; find support for mothers facing abuse or hardship.
Distinguishing features
Female parent
Biological or social
Legal rights vary
Culturally significant
What it looks like
A relationship, not an object.
How it is recognised
Parent-child relationship
Maternal and paternal lines
Guardians may have parental responsibility without being parents
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - family relation
includes - extended relation
is supported by - services
In practice
Families and kinds
biological and gestational mothers
adoptive and foster mothers
stepmothers
grandmothers
surrogate mothers
Standards and regulation
Family law on parental responsibility
Maternity leave and employment protections
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Failure modes and hazards
Missing signs of postnatal depression
Stereotyping mothers
Agents giving personal legal or medical advice
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.mother-cognition
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Health Maternal health.
Safety comes first.
Urgent
Urgent concerns.
Urgent
Urgent maternal concerns.
- Is a pregnant or new mother having heavy bleeding, severe headache, chest pain or thoughts of self-harm? boundary
- Should emergency services or the maternity unit be contacted now? action
Postnatal
Postnatal support.
Postnatal
Postnatal support.
- Which postnatal support and perinatal mental health services exist here? provenance
- How can a mother access them? action
Law Rights.
Law varies.
Rights
Parental rights.
Rights
Parental rights.
- What parental responsibility and rights does a mother have here, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user seeking legal advice on their own case? boundary
Work
Maternity rights.
Work
Maternity rights.
- What maternity leave and pay rights apply here? provenance
- How can discrimination be challenged? action
Kinship Terms.
Terms vary.
Terms
Kinship terms.
Terms
Kinship terms.
- What is the correct term for this relation, such as maternal grandmother or stepmother? definition
- How is it expressed in another language? provenance
Inclusive
Inclusive language.
Inclusive
Inclusive language.
- Which term does the family use, such as mum, mother or parent? provenance
- Is the language respectful of different family forms? boundary
Support Hardship and safety.
Help is available.
Abuse
Domestic abuse.
Abuse
Domestic abuse.
- Is a mother or child unsafe at home? boundary
- Which domestic abuse services or emergency numbers should be contacted? action
Hardship
Practical support.
Hardship
Practical support.
- Which services help with baby essentials, childcare or money worries? provenance
- How can they be contacted? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should mother types be separate entries?
- How should maternal services be localised?
- How should kinship terms be linked?