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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... that they will not be attacked just for doing so. Furthermore, mothers know that
members of one generation have difficulty understanding the members of
another. A mother is skeptical that her daughter could understand how hard
growing up ...
... that they will not be attacked just for doing so. Furthermore, mothers know that
members of one generation have difficulty understanding the members of
another. A mother is skeptical that her daughter could understand how hard
growing up ...
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And finding that way is profoundly important, because in order to accept
ourselves fully we need to learn to understand more about our mothers and to
accept — if not always to forgive — them. You may not find in this chapter all of
the ...
And finding that way is profoundly important, because in order to accept
ourselves fully we need to learn to understand more about our mothers and to
accept — if not always to forgive — them. You may not find in this chapter all of
the ...
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Most daughters have these common fears. What can you do? You can try to work
through them, to understand them fully; you may find that rereading Chapter 2
and reading Chapter 8 about specific feelings will assist you. Then you can face ...
Most daughters have these common fears. What can you do? You can try to work
through them, to understand them fully; you may find that rereading Chapter 2
and reading Chapter 8 about specific feelings will assist you. Then you can face ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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