Christina's Reviews > The Mother-Daughter Project: How Mothers and Daughters Can Band Together, Beat the Odds,and Thrive ThroughAdolescence

The Mother-Daughter Project by SuEllen Hamkins

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Jul 14, 10

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Read in July, 2010

I found this hard to read. It managed to make me feel like a failure and pile on the guilt, all while insisting that wasn't what it was doing. Of particular irritation: outlining common myths of motherhood without offering any suggestions or guidance for replacing those myths. It's not helpful to know that the socially prevalent ideals for motherhood are crazy-making (duh!) without any sort of guide or framework for replacing those ideals. Telling me I'm wrong without giving any real guidance toward being right just leaves me hanging in a void, which is hardly a helpful place from which to parent.

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