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The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.

I am an only child, so I relate to the intensity of that single-parent, mother-daughter relationship.

We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.

Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.

Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield.

Mothers and daughters have that rivalry thing.

Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.

I always felt like there wasn't a blueprint for father-daughter relationships - for them or for us. Because what are they supposed to do with us, treat us like boys, or small women, or what? Father-daughter relationships are so unique from family to family, and I'd love to watch it explored more onstage.

A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.

Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.