For Mothers of Difficult Daughters: How to Enrich and Repair the Relationship in Adulthood

by Charney Herst

The first mother-daughter book for mothers, featuring a new Afterword and a Reading Group Discussion Guide ¸         Do you long for a better relationship with your daughter? ¸         Do you occasionally feel as though you have failed as a mother? ¸         Do you blame yourself because your relationship with your daughter is strained, faltering,         or nonexistent? ¸         Do you feel that the relationship is unchangeable and that there is no chance that it could        become a nurturing and deeply satisfying friendship? Dr. Charney Herst knows that there is always more than one side to a story, and in her book, For Mothers of Difficult Daughters, she uses her twenty-five years of experience as counselor and group therapist to provide mothers with solutions that work. In the book she first helps you understand your particular relationship with your grown daughter--untangling the complex web of personal history and intense emotion inherent in any mother-daughter relationship. Then she describes practical, successful, mother-tested steps you can take to repair this all-important bond.

Genres: Self Help

307 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 22, 1999

Reviews

[Camie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was written by a Ph.D. in clinical psychology who specializes in relationship counseling. It was written in 1999 and I wish there was a newer version. When my kids were growing up I never thought I would be interested in a book like this, but now with 3 daughters ages 24-29 and one daughter in law, I find it very useful. It has been a difficult transition for me to have adult "children. " This generation has grown up ( or not grown up ) so differently than my generation. When I was eighteen I left home, finished college, got a job, got married, and by 31 had 4 children. I worked part time and dedicated a lot of time to motherhood. This is not the world my girls are living in. In ways their lives have been easier and harder. In general this is a generation who has grown up having a lot and expecting a lot. But it seems to be taking them some time to get there. So many things have changed we really need a new set of rules. I am reading several different books on parent and grown up child relationships. This one is helpful to mothers who are tired of the criticism , blame, and self guilt that we sometimes feel when our relationships don't go perfectly. It will be a good resource guide I think , and has some interesting chapters on the changing expectations of mother's and daughters today.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book that covers both ends of the relationship. It is a realization of relationships.

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars.