The Mother-Daughter-Dynamic Is Not a Cakewalk

Psychology Today | 11.06.2026 00:35
She was never easy. The words I would use are: Colorful. Challenging. Fascinating. Never boring. Capable of reducing me to tears as she gained a sense of herself. But those tears are not what I want to talk about. Because my daughter, now in her 40s, has turned fully human. Hang on. I’ll qualify that.