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Disarming a difficult mother

Article Abstract:

A daughter discusses how her relationship with a controlling mother was strained to the breaking point, after struggling for years. However, in the end, after some realizations and behavior changes on both of them, their relationship worked out.

Author: Skala, Katherine
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 1998
Mothers and daughters, Mother-daughter relations

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Mother's legacy

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People develop central story lines of their lives based on mental records that they have been keeping since birth. As they grow older, they develop autobiographical accounts and give themselves structure along the way.

Author: Scarf, Maggie
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 1995
Analysis, Human information processing, Autobiographies

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"My mother is mentally ill"

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A personal narrative of living with a mother who had a mental illness is described. The difficulty of leaving her little sister behind and her mother at the age of thirteen to live her own life is described.

Author: Kovach, Gretel Christina
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 2000
Mentally ill persons, Behavior, Mentally ill, Daughters

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