if you’re the mother of at least one daughter, chances are you’re no stranger to the conflicts that bubble up between you and your daughter. while most moms do this because they genuinely believe it’s in their daughter’s best interest, peg streep of psychology today notes that this sends a message to the daughter that she’s inadequate and helpless. it becomes a power struggle, and if not handled effectively, it can lead to a lifetime to conflicts over everything that …

the importance and impact of a father or fatherly figure in a woman’s life are often discussed and widely speculated, but what about dysfunctional mother daughter relationships? a common form of parenting in most mother daughter relationships, this is usually considered a normal way of parenting for mothers who have experienced the same behavior from their own parents. while it’s fine to be critical of some things, being overly critical can result in many mother daughter relationship issues. some mothers …

an experienced counselor recently admitted to me that she felt out of her depth when a mother and adult daughter both came to see her for help with their incessant arguing. in the first insight, i show that the mother-daughter relationship is not difficult to understand once we realize that mothers and daughters do not relate in a cultural vacuum. instead, sandeep needed to understand the multigenerational sociocultural environment in which she and her mother lived. sandeep represented the first …

for the mother, her daughter is her world. in such circumstances, it is essential to address the issues and make the relationship better. although the relationship between mother and daughter is powerful, it can be challenging. such a controlling mother-daughter relationship is also termed as a boss-subordinate relationship as the mother tries to monitor and control her daughter’s activities. hence, this is considered as a dysfunctional mother and daughter relationship. the daughter is unhappy most of the time, as her …

this is an adaptation for both mothers and daughters and may be one of the hardest experiences they go through. the motivation behind this is perhaps a fear of the mother losing their daughter and abandonment, or in some instances jealousy. there is a shift in the role of women in society today and this may cause a clash in the mother and daughter relationship. estrangement can be extremely difficult and painful for both the mother and the daughter as …