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You can’t divorce your mom (well, you can, but do you want to?)…

When things get difficult with your mother-daughter relationship, you have only a few options. You can choose estrangement from your mother if you can live with that. If not, then the only other choice is to stay in the relationship and find ways to either change it or deal with it differently. Even if your mother can’t or won’t change, you can learn to make some adjustments to your attitude and reactions. That’s where the strategies and resources in this section come in.

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My Mother and Me

By Mary Friedel-Hunt "She died when I was just 13 years old. She missed my graduations from high school and college, my wedding and the birth of my...

Love Her or Hate Her - She's Still Your Mom

ABC News - 20/20 It can be the best of relationships and the worst of relationships -- often at the same time. The bond between a mother and daughter...

When You're Your Mother's Keeper

by Michael Winerip (New York Times - August 21, 2009) WHEN Suzanne Cooper’s elderly mother moved in three years ago, her Alzheimer’s was in an ear...

Did you know?

The Family Leave Act allows anyone to take time off from work in case of a family crisis, including care of an elderly parent, and still retain one's...

Living with Mother Again? Creating Harmony

Social psychologist Susan Newman, a leading authority in the family relationship and parenting fields, provides advice for building stronger family ties...

The Grandmother Thing

By Janet from Michigan Okay. I admit it.  I feel guilty.  I suppose that happens as soon as you become a mother.  But I feel guilty becausemy mother is...

Gaining a Little Perspective

The primary focus of this website is on the adult daughter's perspective of the mother-daughter relationship, but there is certainly a lot of overlap...every...

Ask Amy

The Washington Post DEAR AMY: I hope you can help me. My mother and I have a generally warm and close relationship and I consider her one of my best...

Mother, Damned-est

By Terri Apter, PsychologyToday.com Most people think their mom was difficult, but some mothers put their children in a bind that actually warps...

Ask Amy

The Washington Post Dear Amy: I am a busy stay-at-home mom to two young children. My mother seems to think that I have nothing to do because...

How to Stop Being So Hard On Yourself

Stop your negative thoughts in their tracks and switch up your thought patterns for a more positive lifestyle. AgingCare.com Everyone has one:...

Connie Podesta: The Two Most Manipulative Emotions (Video)

When you get to work in the morning, is it where you want to be? And when you go home at night, is that where you feel good and safe? Being able to answer...

Stop Feeling Defensive Using A Powerful Principle Called Reflection

By Lynn Marie Sager "We were given two ears but only one mouth, because listening is twice as hard as talking." I often ask my clients to listen...

Why People Get Defensive and 3 Tips for Breaking the Habit

By Mark Tyrell, UncommonHelp.me Tip 1:  Don't feel you have to defend everything Only a fool (or a politician) thinks that everyone else must ...

Adult Daughters and Their Mothers - A Tenuous Bond

Dealing with a narcissistic mother as an adult is difficult. Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Shonnie Brown writes about some of her client's...

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