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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Page 66
... realized that the grocery offers had nothing to do with her mother's lack of faith in her . Instead , her mother had been brought up to believe that a woman's value lay primarily in providing for others . Esther did not have a paying ...
... realized that the grocery offers had nothing to do with her mother's lack of faith in her . Instead , her mother had been brought up to believe that a woman's value lay primarily in providing for others . Esther did not have a paying ...
Page 165
... realize how much power they still have over their adult offspring . In fact , as described in Chapter 5 , mothers ... realized that I was very much afraid that she would make light of my expression of love , even though there was no ...
... realize how much power they still have over their adult offspring . In fact , as described in Chapter 5 , mothers ... realized that I was very much afraid that she would make light of my expression of love , even though there was no ...
Page 187
... realize that they are no longer powerless . Marianne , a Black civil rights activist , realized how deeply distressed she was because of her inability when she was a child to stop her mother's suffering at the hands of a racist employer ...
... realize that they are no longer powerless . Marianne , a Black civil rights activist , realized how deeply distressed she was because of her inability when she was a child to stop her mother's suffering at the hands of a racist employer ...
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