By Caroline Suozzi Back in high school, I counted down the days until I could move out and go to college. I love my parents and come from a mostly happy household, but I was more than ready to move on and start my own life. After graduating high school in 2018, I headed off…
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By Marlou and Laurie Newkirk CONNECTICUT PRESS CLUB AWARD WINNING ARTICLE! Originally appeared in Fairfield Magazine, Wilton Magazine and Bedford Magazine. It’s been said that one of the toughest relationships in the world is the one between mothers and adult daughters. I can vouch for that. My daughter, Laurie, and I love each other but…
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Healing Difficult Mother-Daughter Relationships
By P. Hunter, O, The Oprah Magazine It’s usually about nurturing her child—not swilling vodka, hitting on her daughter’s boyfriends, and setting her up with frat boys by stranding her at the bar. A daughter relives her stormy relationship with her mother and the way she finally found the calm within it. Lots of daughters…
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by Gale Berkowitz An alternative to fight or flight. A landmark UCLA study suggests friendships between women are special. They shape who we are and who we are yet to be. They soothe our tumultuous inner world, fill the emotional gaps in our marriage, and help us remember who we really are. By the way,…
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By Stephanie Mitchell Why is the mother-daughter dynamic such a complex one? Some mothers want to walk and talk just like their adult daughters. Some daughters need their mothers’ acceptance before they make any move. Linda Perlman Gordon and Susan Morris Shaffer, authors of Too Close for Comfort? Questioning the Intimacy of Today’s New Mother-Daughter…
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Mothers and Daughters by Rosanne Rosen Building Blocks A belief system is composed of fundamental ideas that affect how an individual looks at and evaluates a set of circumstances, experiences, or individuals. Indeed it colors the overall way in which one looks at and approaches the world around…
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More… Mom is a Girl’s Best Friend? Authors Say No: Mothers and daughters often have a complicated relationship, so when the two are close as adults, everything is great, right? Not so, say co-authors of new book, Too Close for Comfort? Questioning the Intimacy of Today’s New Mother-Daughter Relationship. Article by Sharon Jayson, USA Today…
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www.Professorshouse.com A great many mother daughter relationships feel about as healthy as a swig of beer coupled with a joint after downing some cough syrup with codeine. They are terribly strained for years, and end up resolving themselves to a chronic stand off usually during the daughter’s thirties or forties, where the relationship can remain…
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By Cynthia Tierra To avoid an argument before it starts, don’t participate. This may sound obvious, but it isn’t. Otherwise we would never argue. Most arguments involve personality conflicts. Both personalities involved in the argument feel they have something to gain or lose in the outcome. According to this perspective, someone must win and someone…
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