Don't Blame Mother: Mending the Mother-daughter RelationshipThe anger and agony of the mother-daughter relationship can be replaced with a new bond based on understanding and respect according to Dr. Caplan. She shows women how to move to a new, positive mother-daughter relationship based on respect. |
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Page 69
... described in Chapter 2— and what we can do about it . This chapter is about the Perfect Mother Myths , and the next is about the Bad Mother Myths . Each myth rests near either the Angel or the Witch pole of mother - images that were ...
... described in Chapter 2— and what we can do about it . This chapter is about the Perfect Mother Myths , and the next is about the Bad Mother Myths . Each myth rests near either the Angel or the Witch pole of mother - images that were ...
Page 168
... described her amorphous fears that her mother wanted constant involvement with her and that " nothing would ever be enough " ; the mother described her fear that her daughter really wanted nothing to do with her . Primarily , both felt ...
... described her amorphous fears that her mother wanted constant involvement with her and that " nothing would ever be enough " ; the mother described her fear that her daughter really wanted nothing to do with her . Primarily , both felt ...
Page 203
... described the fa- ther to me as a very cold man . With so little warmth and attention from him to go around , mother and daughter had competed with each other for scarce resources . But now that the daughter was an adult and could get ...
... described the fa- ther to me as a very cold man . With so little warmth and attention from him to go around , mother and daughter had competed with each other for scarce resources . But now that the daughter was an adult and could get ...
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