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mothers. This new distance has an effect on the relationship. Adolescent girls can be dependent on their mothers financially and emotionally.

“Once you go to college you feel closer to your mom. You have more issues going on and more to talk about,” Heather Kelleher, a freshman elementary education major, said.

but it is when their children grow, enter the work force and have children of their own that their relationship with their mother reaches a new understanding. The girls now become women and have more to relate to with their mothers.

Daughters and mothers have more things in common once the daughter reaches adulthood. Daugh-

But is there such thing as a relationship being too close?

There is danger if the relationship is too close and it prevents the establishment of other friends, McKinley said.

Mothers may have not experienced all the things the daughter has and may want to. Mothers can act as friends as long as they es-

Although relationships with mothers and daughters transform with different time periods and stages of life, there is one thing that remains the same.

Barenbaum agrees that a mother is meant to nurture their child.

“During different developmental periods the relationships change. The bonding does not change. The love does not change,” Barenbaum said.