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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... SADNESS , NUMBNESS , AND ALIENATION Sadness is the predominant feeling many adult daughters have about their mothers . For some , the sadness comes from mother's failure to match the idealized mother image . As one woman said , " I ...
... SADNESS , NUMBNESS , AND ALIENATION Sadness is the predominant feeling many adult daughters have about their mothers . For some , the sadness comes from mother's failure to match the idealized mother image . As one woman said , " I ...
Page 114
... sadness the first day of school flood back , and she believes she is repeating the mistakes her mother made with her : " If only my mother had made me more independent , " she thinks , " I'd know how to do that for my child . " So she ...
... sadness the first day of school flood back , and she believes she is repeating the mistakes her mother made with her : " If only my mother had made me more independent , " she thinks , " I'd know how to do that for my child . " So she ...
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... SADNESS Two of the most poignant causes of our sadness about our relationships with our mothers are our knowledge of what has been missing in their lives and our sense of the distance between them and us . In her study of women whose ...
... SADNESS Two of the most poignant causes of our sadness about our relationships with our mothers are our knowledge of what has been missing in their lives and our sense of the distance between them and us . In her study of women whose ...
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