Student Topic 3 (Mother and Daughter Relationships)

Audrey Jolly

 

Mother and Daughter Relationships

 

 

This is a rather personal post, but I thought I'd share some thoughts about mother and daughter relationships how I see it.  When I was little, my mother and I were very close.  My dad wasn't around very much because of his demanding Army job, so my mother was all I had when I was growing up.  She put 150% effort into raising me, making sure I had everything I ever needed or wanted (within reason).  She stayed up countless nights helping me with school projects and such.  She gave me a lot of tough love as well, which at times I needed. 

 

As I started to get older though, I thought I knew it all, and was trying desperately to prove that I could do things on my own without help.  This was hard on my mother, especially since she had been helping with everything ever since I was little.  At times I thought she was trying too hard, maybe she was trying so hard to make everything perfect that it backfired on her.  We butted heads for awhile, mostly because I was growing up and I was seeking my individuality, my project, my self, and the teenage angst wasn't helping.  But the fact that she still loved me unconditionally and put up with me is commendable.  I think that nearly ever mother and daughter go through this, and while no parent/child relationship is perfect, a child is influenced by their parents deeply, and undoubtedly, my mother helped me become the stronger, young woman I am today.