My Response to a Mother Who Wrote I Was “Demonizing Mothers”

As you might expect, some mothers don’t love what I am saying, and they have some things to say to me :).   Their objections might be exactly what you hear from your difficult mother.   Their firsthand objections provide excellent prompts for me to explain how I see what goes wrong and what needs to happen instead.   If you are having trouble getting through to your mother, read what I have to say below.   I can’t guarantee you will convince Mom to feel differently—(actually, I seriously doubt you will )—but you might pick up some new ways of thinking for yourself. And that is what will make all the difference. A reader writes – “As a single mother, I find this article to be rather demonizing of mothers who just want the best for their daughters. A life that I never had. I put my absolute all into my daughter, to be better than I was at her age.   I am not a narcissist or have BPD just because I don’t want her to make bad decisions and that I had a close and special bond with my daughter.   Her boyfriend, whom she has now, […]

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