We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.
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When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.
I am an only child, so I relate to the intensity of that single-parent, mother-daughter relationship.
The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.
The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex.
Parenting now is a two-way relationship where you learn from each other.
It's difficult to keep that perspective, I think, as a parent: to know your boundaries as to what's good parenting or just projecting your own expectations on your kids. That's the hardest.
I think families find a dynamic that works for them.
When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.
As parents, we're human beings, too, but sometimes we're not as understanding as we'd like to be.
We all end up at least somewhat like our parents, especially in the way we deal with our children.
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