KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Huffington Post article “Why Moms and Daughters Can Never Really Be Friends” will likely make many mothers and daughters examine the relationships they have and the relationships they want with one another.
Do you strive to be friends with yours?
Dr. Peggy Drexler, the author of the article, sites popular television shows like The Gilmore Girls and Pretty Little Liars, which show chummy relationships between mothers and daughters.
“The fact is that the mother-daughter best friendship doesn’t leave much room for the traditional role of being a mom. Or, for that matter, being a daughter,” said Dr. Drexler in the report.
“You’re not equals and you’re not supposed to be,” she said.
As I read this, I thought of my own mother who called me one morning, knowing that I’d gone out the night before. My kids were gone for a couple of weeks and several nights during their absence, I met up with friends I normally don’t get to see.
“Should your mom have a talk with you about all your going-out?” she felt necessary to “tease”.
I’ve learned not to be too annoyed, although a little always creeps in. It makes me feel 17 again… and I’m in my mid-40s! But I know mom and know she will worry about me -forever-.
And according to Dr. Drexler, that’s her job. Mine, I guess, is to let her. I predict my daughters will be thinking the same thing 25 years from now.
Read the Huffington Post article by clicking here.
