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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... you and your mother, and you'll throw down the book in mid-chapter to put it
into practice. Others will want to read the whole book, think about the issues, talk
to other people, and do further reading before even considering taking any action
.
... you and your mother, and you'll throw down the book in mid-chapter to put it
into practice. Others will want to read the whole book, think about the issues, talk
to other people, and do further reading before even considering taking any action
.
Page 94
... and that mothers and daughters can have a whole range of feelings, including
anger. The women's movement has helped to do some of this educating, partly
by showing women the unfairness and impossibility of living up to the traditional ...
... and that mothers and daughters can have a whole range of feelings, including
anger. The women's movement has helped to do some of this educating, partly
by showing women the unfairness and impossibility of living up to the traditional ...
Page 119
Mothers are among the most powerless people in our whole society; they know
that most of their work is undervalued or unnoticed. Furthermore, once we
understand how truly powerless our mothers feel, we see in a different light the
ways in ...
Mothers are among the most powerless people in our whole society; they know
that most of their work is undervalued or unnoticed. Furthermore, once we
understand how truly powerless our mothers feel, we see in a different light the
ways in ...
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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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