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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The Deepest Wounds; The Sharpest Pains I believe that the myth of women's
endless nurturance, more than any other, may be the source of the deepest,
sorest wounds and sharpest pains that daughters feel in relation to their mothers.
Why?
The Deepest Wounds; The Sharpest Pains I believe that the myth of women's
endless nurturance, more than any other, may be the source of the deepest,
sorest wounds and sharpest pains that daughters feel in relation to their mothers.
Why?
Page 83
Once daughters become aware of having different expectations for nurturance
from our mothers and our fathers, our anger at our mothers usually diminishes.
We should not demean our fathers' nurturance (and some of our fathers are
deeply ...
Once daughters become aware of having different expectations for nurturance
from our mothers and our fathers, our anger at our mothers usually diminishes.
We should not demean our fathers' nurturance (and some of our fathers are
deeply ...
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154 labeling as Type One and Two, 126 lack of nurturance in own childhood, 109
life of, before your birth, 151-152 measure of a good mother is a perfect daughter
(myth one), 10-11 , 167, 172-173, 188,207 nurturance expectations from, ...
154 labeling as Type One and Two, 126 lack of nurturance in own childhood, 109
life of, before your birth, 151-152 measure of a good mother is a perfect daughter
(myth one), 10-11 , 167, 172-173, 188,207 nurturance expectations from, ...
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| Title | Don't blame mother: mending the mother-daughter relationship |
| Author | Paula J. Caplan |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0060161027, 9780060161026 |
| Length | 258 pages |
| Subjects | › › Family & Relationships / Parenting / Motherhood Intergenerational relations Motherhood Motherhood - Psychological aspects Motherhood Psychological aspects Motherhood/ Psychological aspects Mothers and daughters Psychology / General Social Science / General Women Women - Psychology Women Psychology Women/ Psychology |
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