For even the most nurturing, devoted, loving stepfather has, with a stepdaughter, an uphill battle. The relationship can test the mettle of… — Victoria Secunda Marriage 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… — Victoria Secunda Attachment-trauma 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 Come Copy Share Image
To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or confident - it is to have… — Victoria Secunda Life 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… — Victoria Secunda Attachment-trauma 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… — Victoria Secunda Children 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… — Victoria Secunda Beau 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… — Victoria Secunda Attachment-trauma 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… — Victoria Secunda Children 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… — Victoria Secunda Attachment-trauma 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… — Victoria Secunda Children Copy Share Image
