Topic
Mothers and teens
The relationship between a mother and her child often gets its hardest test in the teenage years. Start with the guide for your daughter or your son, then go deeper.
- The mother-daughter relationship in the teenage years: what's normal, and how to stay close What's normal between mothers and teenage daughters, what drives the conflict, signs something's wrong, and how to stay close or repair things.
- The mother-son relationship in the teenage years: why sons pull away, and how to stay close Why teenage sons pull away from their mothers, what a healthy mother-son relationship looks like, where it can become unhealthy, and how to stay close.
- Mother-daughter therapy: does it help, and how to find the right therapist What mother-daughter therapy involves, when to consider it, what happens if your daughter won't go, and how to find a therapist who works with teens and mothers.
- Books about the mother-daughter relationship for mothers of teenage daughters Six widely recommended books for mothers of teenage daughters, on conflict, communication, what girls go through, and the pressures they face.