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When new motherhood strains the mother-daughter relationship

My mother and I have always been close but since I had my own daughter she's become critical of my parenting in ways that feel like attacks on who I am as a person. We both love this baby intensely but somehow that shared love is creating more distance between us instead of bringing us closer.

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