Currently, mothers and daughters are suffering from an epidemic of relationship conflict. read more
It is true that differing personality traits and mental health issues will influence how well a mother and daughter relate to each other. They are however, not the root cause of why mothers and daughters fight. And they also do not explain why mother-daughter relationship conflict is such an epidemic today. read more
Eleanor Barkhorn: But mothers and daughters do say these things out loud. A mother will tell a daughter that she should do her hair differently. Deborah Tannen: Mothers and daughters — daughters to mothers and mothers to daughters — often feel like they have not only a right but an obligation to say it. read more