My best friend and I are both new moms and we keep comparing ourselves to each other in ways that bring up all this stuff about our own mothers and whether we're good enough, and it's starting to create weird tension between us.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two women's friendship is being strained by the way early motherhood activates unresolved feelings about their own mothers and self-worth.
“Where Are You with The parent's inner life — what children bring up?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.