We had imagined a precarious life, a depressed mother.
In her apartment with exposed beams, the elegant young woman cuddles her daughter.
“
She’s playing hide and seek by herself now
.”
The psychologist and the educator of young children listen to her, ask playful questions: “
When she drops objects, are you afraid
?”
No.
And so much the better, Angélique, nine months old, will drop the chair twice during the meeting.
Her mother Mathilde* has been receiving this type of visit for a year, since she suffered depression in the middle of her pregnancy.
His modest story sweeps away dark days.
“
It’s crazy but the sadness disappeared as soon as I held my daughter close to me.
Today I am fine.
»
In the street half an hour later, we are surprised by the profile.
When we heard about the work of "mobile early perinatal intervention teams" dedicated to preventing the occurrence of stress in children who can, if they are very strong, persist for life, we did not know that it was aimed at all parents in a delicate process, without selection criteria based on social background.
Nor that it could continue even when the family seemed to be back on its feet.
The psychologist and the early childhood educator share a smile.
He seems to mean: you don't know everything...
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