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The daughter I am speaking of is my mother. My mother is not a failure, yet unfortunately, her mother is. An emotional failure that is.
My concern is for the young women and young men who have loving, caring, emotionally supportive, "stand-in-their-shoes" without fail parents, then become involved with those who have parents that have not just failed them, but hurt and abused on top of it. Children who are emotionally and creatively nurtured are too sympathetic to walk away from these destructive people who hold them back from their rightful successes and joys in life. Yet it is socially wrong to ignore someone in need, right? wrong?
Our task is to help the emotionally needy to identify what is missing, help them get it without hurting ourselves, then walk away knowing that I did the best I could.
