For even the most nurturing, devoted, loving stepfather has, with a stepdaughter, an uphill battle. The relationship can test the mettle of the sturdiest marriage, the sanity of the most circumspect husband. — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
“If your mother lived your life as though it were her own-never allowing you a moment of stress or frustration, routinely sleeping in your… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
“If it is your fault that your mother is miserable, it becomes a potentially fixable affront. Taking blame means that at least the hope… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or confident - it is to have a soulmate… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
For even the most nurturing, devoted, loving stepfather has, with a stepdaughter, an uphill battle. The relationship can test the mettle of the sturdiest… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
“Another reason it's dangerous to acknowledge that you were unloved is that it implies the possibility that your mother may have been right-you are… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters'… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
A daughter needs a loving, available, predictable father or father figure who can be counted on, whether divorced or at home. She needs his… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth. — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
“Many daughters live out their lives avoiding or abiding or arguing with their mothers-burying the long-ago injury or insult or childhood deprivation under a… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
Unlike the mother-son relationship, a daughter's relationship with her mother is something akin to bungee diving. She can stake her claim in the outside… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
