Given the complex nature of the mother-daughter relationship, conflict can often lead to all out fighting. If it does, here are some dos and don’ts for fighting “fair” which can help keep anything terribly hurtful from being said and may even lead to some kind of productive resolution. DO: 1. Deal with the here and…
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Mothers vs. Daughters: Why Can’t We Just Get Along? WebMD Feature from “Good Housekeeping” Magazine By Jennifer Allen, www.WebMD.com You love each other…yet one of you is always saying the wrong thing! How to improve the conversation-and the relationship. I sometimes think of my daughters as my own personal Thought Police. Both are deeply attuned…
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Mothers and Daughters: Are You Overstepping Your Boundaries? By Amy Bloom, O, The Oprah Magazine Yes to sharing eye makeup, yes to sharing hairdressers, No to matching haircuts and outfits. Yes to helping each other avoid certain relatives, No to dishing about husbands or boyfriends or dating. Or Yes to dishing about all that (and…
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By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Mother-daughter relationships are complex and diverse. Some mothers and daughters are best friends. Others talk once a week. Some see each other weekly; others live in different states or countries. Some spar regularly. Some avoid conflict. Others talk through everything. And undoubtedly, there’s a hint of all these things in most…
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Author Deborah Tannen offers communications insights and tips… Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Read Book Discussion Excerpt from You’re Wearing That? By Deborah Tannen Mothers and Daughters in Conversation My daughters can turn my day black in a millisecond,” says a woman whose two daughters are in their…
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Julianna’s story… My mom passed away on Wednesday morning at 8:59 am, March 14th, in the midst of her long battle with cancer. Exactly 1 day and 4 hours after the anniversary of my father’s passing 15 years earlier. I had the honor to be by her bedside leading up to her big transition, and…
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(Watch video below and then read article that follows) ‘I’m Not Your Little Baby!’ Calling a Truce in Mother-Daughter Conflict By Elizabeth Bernstein, Wall Street Journal Online Jessica Setnick was on her way to her mother’s house for dinner when she decided that she had something to say that couldn’t wait. She sent her mom…
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By Laurie Newkirk My Mother hurt my feelings so much a few weeks ago that I started yelling at her. I thought I was now past that but it seems she pushed a button of mine. Okay… so my mother really hurt me and I acted badly, now what do I do? Forgiving her and…
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By Dr. Dinah Miller When it comes to the Mother-Daughter relationship, I’ve come to realize that part of the issue is one of perspective and that parents come at their job from a completely different perspective than their children. Parents see their children as people who’ve come into the world with nothing. At some level,…
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