Understanding Conflict between Mothers and Teen Daughters
5 min readDec 10, 2023
Mothers with pre-teen daughters tell me that they are afraid of the time when their daughter will become a teenager. They are afraid that their emotionally close, easy-going relationship will end, and their daughter will morph into an angry, emotionally withdrawn teenager. This fear is voiced so frequently, it is the overriding reaction I hear from mothers with pre-teen daughters. And these…