Do I Have to be Available to My Daughter Every Minute? Ten Strategies to Nurturing Her Independence

Dear Parenting RoadMap Guides,
Yesterday my daughter Julie’s parked car was rear ended by another car and she called me before she called the police. I could understand her call if she was hurt and frightened, but this was just one of those aggravating, pain in the neck situations. I really wish she had told me [...]

A Perfect Mother is Not an Ideal Mother At All

A daughter often feels her mother as such a powerful presence in her life that it can be difficult for her to see her as an ordinary person with failings, motives and ambitions. Developing a healthy adult relationship requires that both mothers and daughters understand and accept each other as separate individuals with flaws and [...]

Mothers and Adult Daughters: What is too Close for Comfort?

Mother-daughter relationships are possibly the most satisfying and the most agonizing relationships women share. They are also our closest bond and the key to all other relationships. Exploring this relationship can help mothers and daughters to understand their own emotions, and what to expect from others.
Today the relationship is even more complicated because the boundaries [...]