Product Description: We all know - have perhaps told a few - stories about mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. It seems the stories are nearly always about relationships filled with conflict and abrasive words or actions. But why is this relationship so difficult? And is it always as bad as popular belief would have us think? Deborah Merrill, a woman's advocate and Sociology professor at one of our nation's top universities, has been studying the relationship for nearly a decade and, in this book, explains where the difficulty is rooted, how friendly pairs have made it past problems that surface between a man's mother and his wife, and how they became friends...read more

Product Description: Mothers and Daughters and the Origins of Female Subjectivity challenges the theory of the Oedipus complex, which permeates psychoanalytic theory, psychology, semiotics and cultural studies.  The book focuses on the re-examination of women’s development through the theories of primitive mental states...read more

A guide to understanding conflicts that mark typical mother-daughter relationships offers advice on how parents can interpret what teenage daughters are trying to convey when they argue with their mothers, presenting case studies that demonstrate how to use difficult times to strengthen a bond. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

The founder of New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams sheds new light on the best ways for parents to communicate with their daughters of all ages, explaining how to understand the special views of young girls, how to talk with them about uncomfrotable subjects, and how to keep lines of communication open. Original.

Product Description: Excerpts from a diary covering a period of 50 years, from the child struggling to find the adult - to the adult struggling to cope with the problems of the child still within her. by Angela Joy Brick Silence can be uplifting and edifying to the soul, and the need for silence can be at times most overwhelming...read more

Product Description: The Mother Daughter Connection is a book designed to help mothers form intimate, working relationships with their daughters by giving mothers an insider's view of their daughters' thoughts and feelings. The editor of Brio magazine for girls and a veteran youth expert, Susie Shellenberger helps mothers understand the angst and confusion teen girls feel when coping with such issues as body image, fashion envy, dating, fear of failure, and sharing one's faith...read more

Two family therapists provide an eye-opening look at the dynamics of mother-daughter relationships, discuss various mothering styles, and offer advice on how to mend and strengthen bonds between daughters and their mothers. Original.

Product Description: This book explores the mother-daughter bond within the life cycle, from early development on into the turbulence of adolescence and the ambivalence of separation then to the daughter's marriage and maternity, and finally, thoughtfully, to reparative opportunities inherent in the mother's aging and dying...read more

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Product Description: Sisterhood used to be the most powerful metaphor for relationships between women. Now there is a new interest in the mother-daughter relationship which in all its complexity, often acts as a better symbol of the diversity and difference inherent in women's relations in general...read more