Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
1 day agoI Just Turned 40. My Mom Still Hijacks My Birthday Every Year.
Establish boundaries with your mother regarding birthday celebrations to prioritize your own needs and desires.
We come into the world screaming and vulnerableentirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences how we behave towards others and see the world long after we've grownbut in more complex and nuanced ways than researchers previously thought, according to the results of a large, decades-long study examining how the quality of children's interactions with parents and close peers went on to influence their relationships in adulthood.