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Mother daughter conflict can be troublesome for the family-you never know which side to pick. But, conflicts like these can go on even when the daughter grows up. At times, the strain worsens making it seem almost impossible to get a few minutes of decent conversation without conflict arising. But what are the root causes that explain why mother and daughter conflicts happen?
Mother Daughter Conflict Rooted in Generations of Sociocultural Norms
Where generations of women in the family have been known to follow in the footsteps of their mother and take the apron to care for the home and family in the stead of the matriarch, conflict can happen when the next generation fails to continue the tradition. To better understand mother daughter conflict sometimes means mapping the mother-daughter history throughout generations as Counseling Today did.