Women's Issues, Family, Motherhood, Parenting Girls, Social Sciences 

Friends instead of opponentsBestselling author Marie Chapian and her daughters, Christa and Liza, have successfully worked their way through the sometimes difficult child-rearing years and in doing so have remained friends! Here are powerful principles for mothers and daughters of all ages, practical insights to help bring an understanding of the mother-daughter relationship, and keys to honest and effective communication.Beyond her own experiences, Marie Chapian's many years of counseling and research in the area of family relationships have given her the broad background necessary to develop and apply the principles in this book. Both mothers and daughters are given specific guidelines to know how to communicate as well as illustrations from real life and dialogues that set examples for what to say and what to not say. The role of prayer in relationships, the importance of knowing and sharing each others' goals, and the skill of positive reinforcement are developed for both mothers and daughters. - from Amzon