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Why Conversations Go Wrong

Hidden Brain

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The Mother Daughter Relationship

Deborah Altschuler writes about what she calls the big three flash points in conflicts between mothers and daughters, hair, clothes and weight. From the point of view of the daughter, here's the person you most want to think you're perfect. She says suggestions for improvement really ar implied criticism, and are also a sign of caring. The kind of interaction deborah had with her mother has long been a staple of television comedy.

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