{"id":769,"date":"2008-04-21T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=769"},"modified":"2008-04-21T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T03:01:00","slug":"a-book-to-soothe-the-mother-daughter-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2008\/04\/21\/a-book-to-soothe-the-mother-daughter-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book to Soothe the Mother-Daughter Soul?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Well if this isn’t the most timely book ever published, I don’t know what is. Deborah Carr, a brilliant sociologist at Rutgers, has teamed up with journalist Julie Halpert to write Making Up with Mom: Why Mothers and Daughters Disagree About Kids, Careers, and Casseroles (and What to Do About It)<\/span><\/a>. If they had timed it a bit differently, they could have easily added “and Candidates” to the subtitle. The book shows how generational differences in women’s lives have created (fixable) frictions between Gen X\/Boomer women and their moms. I like the emphasis on “fixable.”<\/p>\n

Here’s from the book description:
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Young women today have infinitely more options than their mothers and grandmothers did decades ago. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Should I become a doctor, a writer, or a stay-at-home mom?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Should I get married or live with my boyfriend?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do I want children?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Women in their twenties, thirties, and forties today are wrestling with life-altering decisions about work and family\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand they need all the support they can get. <\/p>\n

But the very person whose support they crave most\u00e2\u20ac\u201dtheir mother\u00e2\u20ac\u201doften can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get on board, and a rift is created between the two generations, even for women who have always had a strong relationship.<\/p>\n

A mother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s simple question, like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153How can you trust a nanny to watch your children all day?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can bring her poised, accomplished CEO daughter to tears, or provoke a nasty response more suitable to a surly teenager than a leader of industry. Why can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mothers and daughters today see eye to eye when it comes to important choices about love, work, children, money, and personal fulfillment? Why does a mother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s approval matter so much, even to the most confident and self-possessed daughter? And when daughters choose paths different from their mothers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, why is it so painful for the older generation?<\/p>\n

Making Up with Mom answers these important questions by focusing on three core issues: dating\/marriage, career, and child rearing. Relying on interviews with nearly a hundred mothers and daughters, and offering helpful tips from more than two dozen therapists, Julie Halpert and Deborah Carr explore a wide range of communication issues and how to resolve them, so mothers and daughters everywhere can reclaim their loving relationships. This enlightening book is a must-read for all women today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The perfect gift for Mother’s Day?! The authors will be reading at Barnes & Noble in North Brunswick on Tuesday May 20 at 7:30 p.m. For more, check out www.makingupwithmom.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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