Understand what your teenage daughter really means—and learn to use your arguments to strengthen your bond with her.Moth
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English Pages 280 Seiten Year 2004;2015
Table of contents :
INTRODUCTION. Love, Conflict, and Growth
1. The Mother/ Daughter Plot
2. "You're not listening!": The Battle for Recognition
3. "Let me live my own life!": Why Teenage Girls are Insulted by Parental Concern
4. "She can pick an argument out of thin air!": What Lies Behind Teenage Irritability
5. Power Struggle: The Choreography of Status
6. Portraits of Mother/ Daughter Meltdown
7. Learning to Fight: Friendship and Conflict
8. My Mother, My Father: Two Different Relationships
9. "I'm too fat!": The Ambiguity of Physical Growth
10. I know that already!": Sex Talk
11. "So that's how you feel!": How Conflict Can Lead to Closeness
12. The Lifelong Dialogue.