one of the reasons that father and adult daughter relationships should be supported and encouraged is to help young adult women make better decisions concerning sex and romantic relationships. specifically, we focused on the emerging adult (18-29 years-old) population and interviewed a sample of 24 women in this age group (m=20.7) ranging from freshman to graduate students at a mid-western university. most of the participants indicated that (1) fathers can give daughters hope for romantic relationships, especially when fathers are …

“when our daughters are young, our job is to protect them physically and emotionally, but as they get older we have to take on more of a consulting role.” it’s an important transition for both parents, but one that can be especially challenging for dads, who often get the message that their primary role is to be “in charge” — to fix problems when they arise, and to protect their daughters, especially once dating becomes part of the mix. “when …

i think we need to first understand that the bond we create in all of our adult relationships with me and women, depends from those first two relationships with our mother and father. it was overlooked as a major influence on a child’s development and quality of life, as is the impact our relationship with our fathers have on our own mothers. because our father is the first real bridge that connects children to the external world and all the …

our culture reinforces this estrangement by encouraging fathers to be all-knowing, strong, and in charge. she and her father are caught in a vicious cycle of control: he attempts to manage her by reminding her to take her antidepressant medication and criticizing her for bingeing. elizabeth accepts the invitation and jumps in to mediate, creating more conflict between her and her husband.

(therapist invites casey and her father to talk. one way to do this is by cultivating a cotherapy …

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 …