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 15
Her story helped other women in the group to gain a new perspective on what
had seemed to them to be their ... their mothers didn't care about them, they
began to consider what else might have been behind such seeming lack of
concern.
Her story helped other women in the group to gain a new perspective on what
had seemed to them to be their ... their mothers didn't care about them, they
began to consider what else might have been behind such seeming lack of
concern.
Page 154
This story is the most dramatic illustration I have experienced directly of the
humanity behind what seemed to be an invulnerable woman. She was my boss,
not my mother, but like a mother, she seemed larger-than-life. This woman had
been ...
This story is the most dramatic illustration I have experienced directly of the
humanity behind what seemed to be an invulnerable woman. She was my boss,
not my mother, but like a mother, she seemed larger-than-life. This woman had
been ...
Page 212
I told my mother how I felt, and she seemed surprised but warmed by my
appreciation and respect for her. When we respect our mothers more, we gain
more self-respect, and when we see the injustices they have suffered, we
increase our ...
I told my mother how I felt, and she seemed surprised but warmed by my
appreciation and respect for her. When we respect our mothers more, we gain
more self-respect, and when we see the injustices they have suffered, we
increase our ...
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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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