Don't Blame Mother: Mending the Mother-daughter RelationshipA nationally recognized expert on the psychology of women shows how the angerand agony of the mother-daughter relationship can be replaced with a new bondbased on understanding and respect. |
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... baby needs , she believes she is a failure as a mother . A mother's feelings include rapture , but also panic , fear , rage , and despair . Sometimes the baby's needs seem unmeetable , the mean- ings of her wails are unclear , or she ...
... baby needs , she believes she is a failure as a mother . A mother's feelings include rapture , but also panic , fear , rage , and despair . Sometimes the baby's needs seem unmeetable , the mean- ings of her wails are unclear , or she ...
Page 86
... babies didn't do that , and one ex- plained , " When my baby cries , I can always tell whether he's hungry or needs his diaper changed . " I was mortified . I felt so inadequate . Later in the week , Roxanne's mother and mother - in ...
... babies didn't do that , and one ex- plained , " When my baby cries , I can always tell whether he's hungry or needs his diaper changed . " I was mortified . I felt so inadequate . Later in the week , Roxanne's mother and mother - in ...
Page 99
... baby boys but " small and sweet " on those for baby girls . A successful businesswoman who was an only child told me the following story . It had never occurred to her that her parents might have preferred a son or valued him more ...
... baby boys but " small and sweet " on those for baby girls . A successful businesswoman who was an only child told me the following story . It had never occurred to her that her parents might have preferred a son or valued him more ...
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