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"What Makes A Parent-Child Relationship Close?"

My thirty-something-year-old daughter recently emailed a colleague of hers and me to introduce us, saying: ?there are many overlaps in your work?you really should meet each other.?

So when we finally met (and after we had taken a cell phone photograph of us together to email to my daughter, saying ?Mission Accomplished!?), I expected the conversation to begin with our mutual interests in work. It didn?t. My daughter?s colleague launched our conversation by asking:

?I don?t know many people your daughter?s age who are as close to their mothers as your daughter is to you. I have a 10-year-old and would love to have that kind of relationship with my own daughter. Why do you think you are so close??

?I had that kind of relationship with my own mother,? I answered. ?I connect to my daughter the way my mother connected to me.?

?What did she do?? my daughter?s colleague asked.

?I was always free to tell her when things weren?t working between us and why,? I answered.

Read the rest at: http://www.mamapedia.com/voices/what-makes-a-parent-dash-child-relationship-close]]> webmaster@themotherhood.com (juliepippert) Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:01:47 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/478341 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/478341
Thank you Morra, Julie (themomslant), Amy (mojomom), Asha (parenthacks), Jo-Lynne and Miriam for co-hosting today! You have created the most welcoming, thoughtful, interesting, insightful, story-filled space for today's conversation and we love you and appreciate your contributions enormously!

Thank you, wonderful women!!!

Everyone is welcome to keep talking. Cooper and I will be in and out all evening - we just didn't want to miss a chance to say thank you to everyone who has made this so great.

Ellen, we look forward to having another Talk with you here in TheMotherhood, and cheering you on as the world continues to catch on to how brilliant your new book is!!!!!!!]]> webmaster@themotherhood.com (Emily) Mon, 03 May 2010 16:07:37 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477094 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477094 If you don't mind, can you all leave your twitter name/blog/website address. It's been such a great chat I want to stalk, err, follow you all some more =)]]> webmaster@themotherhood.com (Brandie) Mon, 03 May 2010 16:03:32 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477093 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477093
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Yay!]]> webmaster@themotherhood.com (Emily) Mon, 03 May 2010 15:52:51 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477088 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477088 http://vook.com/product.php?book_id=33]]> webmaster@themotherhood.com (Emily) Mon, 03 May 2010 15:45:44 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477087 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477087 webmaster@themotherhood.com (DebiP) Mon, 03 May 2010 15:17:37 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477086 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477086
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And I'm curious, how many moms here think it's too late for me to And how do you personally try to overcome those sorts of feelings?]]> webmaster@themotherhood.com (Brandie) Mon, 03 May 2010 15:04:55 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477084 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477084 http://www.youtube.com/mitmchannel#p/a/u/1/Lu1V9GM6BXE Ellen shares research and tips. There will be more to come!]]> webmaster@themotherhood.com (Morra) Mon, 03 May 2010 14:35:13 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477083 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477083 webmaster@themotherhood.com (Chrysula) Mon, 03 May 2010 14:07:11 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477082 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477082 webmaster@themotherhood.com (catalystmom) Mon, 03 May 2010 14:05:52 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477081 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477081 webmaster@themotherhood.com (Chrysula) Mon, 03 May 2010 13:40:16 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477079 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477079 webmaster@themotherhood.com (Ellen Galinsky) Mon, 03 May 2010 13:21:27 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477078 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477078
As a society - we are quick to force independence upon even infants - let them cry at night. If they don't learn to sleep well NOW they will never be INDEPENDENT sleepers. Baby turned one, get that bottle and paci out of their mouth right NOW because we don't want them to be dependent on a bottle or a paci. Heaven forbid. Stop feeding them - make them learn or they'll never be independent feeders. Are you going swimming? Don't use arm floaties - you know they will get dependent on them and never learn to swim independently. Etc, etc. Right - we have such a big focus on making them so independent in some areas and then we (again as a society) step in and they can't walk to school because something might happen. Don't let them ride their bike around the block. Don't leave them home alone - something bad could happen. Don't let them in the kitchen - they might burn themselves. Well basically, it seems at certain point our fear causes us to actual hinder a lot situations that can foster independence.

To my husband and I this seems so contradictory. Are we alone in our observation? Are we crazy? Or does anyone else see this too?]]> webmaster@themotherhood.com (Brandie) Mon, 03 May 2010 13:00:18 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477077 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477077 webmaster@themotherhood.com (Chrysula) Mon, 03 May 2010 13:00:11 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477076 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477076
Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn

http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Learning-Education-Without-School/dp/0471349607/

OK. This is just too interesting. I'm REALLY leaving now. Back soon!]]> webmaster@themotherhood.com (parenthacks) Mon, 03 May 2010 12:47:47 -0400 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477075 http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/477075