The complexities of the mother-daughter relationship

by Laurie Miles

I am the mother of a 15 year old daughter. She is the light of my life and I would be lost without her. Our relationship is complex at times and simple at others. She is 15 going on 25, which sometimes makes discipline ...read more

by Hilary Holman-Kidd

I've often been told that I am mature for my age. Being 24 years old, I have attained an MBA at 23 years of age, bought a home at 20 years old, and have a booming career underway. Yes, I would also look at someone like me ...read more

by Jackie Govender

I have a teenage daughter and our relationship is turbulent. Most days one of us is upset, sad, depressed. She has never really had a father figure and I never had a husband. our relationship is strained and i wonder i...read more

by P. Constance Smith

I am often in awe that I have a daughter. It seems strange that I am mature enough, capable enough, blessed enough. Having a son is easier to comprehend. A boy is simple and honest. He will grow into a man, straightfor...read more

by Shameka Hamlet

I knew that I always had a special relationship with my mom- not just because I was nursed and my siblings were not, or because of how similar we are, despite noticeable differences that we have being thirty years apart. ...read more

by Vandana Tuteja

The mother-daughter relationship is very unique, close and it would sound very harsh to say that very tender relation.Yes! very tender. As a young child the daughter admires her mom, and mother do understand her more bett...read more

by Karen Story

Second Chances God allows all things to work for His good, even for me. All means "all" as in everything, every situation, good or bad. He gives us chances too. "Mom is in route to the hospital. She collapsed in her ...read more

by Emma Gray

The age old adage of mama's boys and daddy's girls is a traditional family ideal that is casually commented upon at every get together and reunion. The affiliation is common to explain off behaviors that appear as a child ...read more

by Aleesa Marie

To me, the cruelest irony of motherhood is that you can't fully grasp how much your mother loves/loved you until you become a mother. It took me until the age of 25 to have full knowledge. I loved my daughter before sh...read more

by Carolyn Williams

My daughter.... the sun rose and set on her daily while growing up. She was full of unexpected laughter, helpfulness and tenderness that is just beyond a child of her years. Then one day I realized my daughter was 30 ye...read more

by Karen Gradie

The nature of the mother daughter relationship starts in infancy and develops into adulthood and is bound with cords of love that resound with the life long call of duty to honor a certain code of conduct that includes kis...read more

by Christina Takach

OK mother daughter complex here goes. Why is it that sometimes mothers and daughters don't get along? well here is my theory! reflection theory. mothers see a part of themselves in their daughters and the drive to f...read more