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 80
Unfortunately, instead of recognizing the culture's responsibility for those limits (
and trying to change it), we act as though our mothers had no such limits, and so
we blame them for "their" limitations. For our part, as daughters, we can't undo or
...
Unfortunately, instead of recognizing the culture's responsibility for those limits (
and trying to change it), we act as though our mothers had no such limits, and so
we blame them for "their" limitations. For our part, as daughters, we can't undo or
...
Page 166
Clarify Your Respective Responsibilities Now you and your mother should
discuss what are and what are not your responsibilities. For instance, suggest
that both of you do have the responsibility to: • respect each other's strengths •
respect ...
Clarify Your Respective Responsibilities Now you and your mother should
discuss what are and what are not your responsibilities. For instance, suggest
that both of you do have the responsibility to: • respect each other's strengths •
respect ...
Page 197
She would have loved to have a better-paying job with more responsibility, but
she never had the chances I had. I suggested to Janet that she and her mother
have a talk about what prevented her mother from getting a job earlier. Later,
Janet ...
She would have loved to have a better-paying job with more responsibility, but
she never had the chances I had. I suggested to Janet that she and her mother
have a talk about what prevented her mother from getting a job earlier. Later,
Janet ...
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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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