Can a mother be friends with her teenage daughter?

Philippines
December 9, 2006 1:17am CST
No. Most teens aren't ready for anyrhing close to a mature friendship. Mothers often want to befriend their daughters; fathers, their sons. But this is not in anyone's best interest. Teenagers need to form identities distinct from their parents. That means: lots of privacy, even some secrets. It's usually easier for a teenage girl to befriend a friend of her mother, and it's usually best for the mother to leave it at that.
4 responses
senseico
@senseico (23)
• Philippines
11 Dec 06
I agree with you that no matter how hard a mother try to befriend her daughter still it never changes the fact that she is a mother and the daughters knows that. Daughters finds it hard to open up secrets regarding their personal life to her parents
shaf001
@shaf001 (180)
• India
9 Dec 06
I think that mothers should be friendly with their daughters as it would help the mother to know their daughters very well.
sharone74
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
9 Dec 06
Yes I believe that it is possible but it is a relationship that must evolve that way it cannot be forced.
hmshema
@hmshema (684)
• India
9 Dec 06
Yes. There are somany teenagers who is so friendly with their monther. It is very good that the don't hide anything with their monther. So that the mother's can guide them properly for a better future.