Archive of On the Go Answers from the Ultimate Mother-Daughter Duo

Category: mothering confidence

How Close is Too Close? Does My Daughter Need More Space?

Are you and your daughter too close? Do you worry that perhaps she’s not independent enough? She calls you her best friend. She still wants to sit in your lap, and often tries to fall asleep in your bed with you. She depends on you, and when you look around — you see that most […]

How Do I Teach My Daughter How to Love Herself?

We circle back here often, in our community of big-hearted mamas. The question is so often: how do I teach my daughter how to love herself? We hear you. And we want to start off answering with another question (and perhaps a surprising one): What does God have to do with the mother-daughter relationship? […]

How to Give Your Daughter Space and Stay Connected (at the same time)

It’s a paradox. How do we stay connected with our teen daughter, and yet give her space? She blows hot and cold. One moment we’re the dorkiest, weirdest mom on the earth and she’s shying away from us at the grocery store (What? A good dancing song came on!). Later that night she wants to […]