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60 Beautiful Mother-Daughter Quotes That Will Stay With You
Inspiring mother-daughter quotes16. "My mother shed her protective love down around me, and without knowing why, people sensed that I had value." —Maya Angelou, Mom & Me & Mom
17. "My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent." —Ruth Bader Ginsburg
18. "I tell my daughter every morning, 'Now, what are the two most important parts of you?' And she says, 'My head and my heart.'" —Viola Davis
19. "Maybe I stepped into the skin my mother left behind and became the girl my mother had been, the one she still wanted to be." —Laura Kasischke, White Bird in a Blizzard
20. "When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." —Sophia Loren
21. "A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path." —Agatha Christie
22. "If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully." —Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
23. "My mom is a strong-willed lady. She taught me to believe in myself no matter what anybody else said." —Tracey Edmonds
24. "My mom taught me a woman's mind should be the most beautiful part of her." —Sonya Teclai
25. "Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life." —Sophocles
26. "In search of my mother's garden, I found my own." —Alice Walker
27. "My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother." —Wilma Rudolph
28. "The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother." —Sharon Olds
29. "Maybe mom is my alter ego and the woman I'm able to be when I'm working." —Mary Tyler Moore
30. "Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." —Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Need more inspiration? These inspirational quotes for women will do just the trick.
Sweet mother-daughter quotes31. "Mother was comfort. Mother was home." —Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea
32. "When I had my children and I felt that type of love, which I know you understand and every mom out there understands … that there is an unconditional love." —Jennifer Lopez
33. "God couldn't be everywhere, so that is why he invented mothers." —Diane Keaton, Because I Said So
34. "My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived." —Nayyirah Waheed
35. "A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled." —Emily Dickinson
36. "My mother, she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her." —Jodi Picoult
37. "It is so nice to come home and have solitude with me and my daughter." —Mindy Kaling
38. "A mother understands what a child does not say." —Jewish proverb
39. "A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's." —Princess Diana
40. "The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." —Honore de Balzac
41. "The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom." —Henry Ward Beecher
42. "You are your child's keeper until she's mature enough to keep herself." —Laura Ramirez
43. "Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved." —Erich Fromm
44. "Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother." —Lisa Gardner
45. "In the wild, an elephant mother and daughter stay in close proximity their whole lives; I hope I am that lucky." —Jodi Picoult
For more sweetness, read these heartwarming Mother's Day stories and Mother's Day poems.
Mother-daughter quotes about their relationship46. "One of the most important relationships we'll have is the relationship we have with our mothers." —Iyanla Vanzant
47. "A mom is a daughter's first friend. And through life, becomes her best friend." —Vicki Reece
48. "As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her." —Kristin Hannah
49. "The bond between a mother and her child is the only real and purest bond in the world, the only true love we can ever find in our lifetime." —Ama H. Vanniarachchy
50. "Even as a small child, I understood that women had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity." —Alice Hoffman, The Dovekeepers
51. "There were times, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always." —Taylor Swift
52. "Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your heart understood when I needed a friend. Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson. Your strength and love have guided me and given me wings to fly." —Sarah Malin
53. "Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes, and the objects of our most watchful love." —Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
54. "A daughter became a clearer reflection of her mother with time." —Debasish Mridha, MD
55. "You make me merry, dear daughter." —Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List
56. "I grew up in a makeup chair. And to see the women around me getting ready was so aspirational. It's about mothers and daughters, a girl watching her mom at a vanity table." —Drew Barrymore
57. "I love our daughters more than anything in the world—more than life itself. And while that may not be the first thing that some folks want to hear from an Ivy-league-educated lawyer, it is truly who I am." —Michelle Obama
58. "The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life … the stronger the daughter." —Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
59. "From the time she was born, until she was 15, I didn't know where I left off and she began. We were joined at the hip or the heart or the brain." —Lee Grant
60. "The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex." —Wynonna Judd
Additional research by Kelly Kuehn.
My Daughter's Newest Friendship Just Fell Apart Because Of Something Dark From My Past
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Dear Care and Feeding,
My 7-year-old daughter struggles to make friends, so I was very excited to hear that she had become friends with a girl, "Brenda," at a summer camp. Brenda and my daughter have a lot in common—they both are shy, bookish girls; both very bright and very nerdy; both of them struggle to make friends normally; both of them have brown hair; they have the same favorite fruit (some of these sound very superficial but these things matter to aspiring 2nd graders!). For the past few weeks we've been setting up playdates for the two of them since the camp they attended together ended. We interacted with Brenda's dad, as her mom was abroad for work.
A few days ago, Brenda's mom contacted us telling us that the playdates were over. We tried to message Brenda's dad, but saw he'd blocked us. I think I know what happened…
When I was a little kid, I became friends with "Amanda" at school, but I was forced to stop being friends with her by my conservative family once they learned she was a child of teenage pregnancy. Amanda's family moved soon afterward, and I'd mostly forgotten about her. It is now known to me that Amanda is Brenda's mom; from the wording of the text, it seems like this is Amanda's form of revenge. I'm not really sure how to act on this—Amanda is extraordinarily petty taking revenge on something that happened some 30 years ago and is clearly not my fault, and this pettiness is causing my daughter one of the few close friends she's developed.
—Let It Go
Dear Let It Go,
Sure, it might be run-of-the-mill pettiness or revenge. It could be something else, too—like Amanda trying to avoid further pain, or prevent her daughter from being treated as she was.
What your family did isn't your fault, of course. But Amanda doesn't know anything about you except for the fact that, as a child, you dropped her because of your parents' prejudice. (I don't know if anything worse happened between you after that—like cruel remarks or bullying—but even if not, I imagine that seeing you again might be tough for her.) Maybe she worries that you are the kind of person who'd think less of her daughter now that you know who her mother is. Maybe she just finds the idea of seeing you again to be painful, so she'd rather encourage her daughter in friendships that don't come with quite so much baggage. If I were in her place, I would probably try to at least talk with you before cutting the friendship short! But most of us don't really go looking for opportunities to hang out with people who trigger some of our worst childhood memories.
You seem to expect Amanda to intuit that you're better than your parents and give you the benefit of the doubt. But while some people do question or leave behind the prejudices they're raised with, plenty do not. And even if you have, or you never agreed with your parents at all, consider that it's not Amanda's job to affirm that now by spending time with you on your daughters' playdates. Nor is she responsible for the difficult history and resulting rift between you—your parents are.
In any case, I'm not sure there's anything you can do about this. It sounds like Amanda and her husband are unwilling to let the girls' friendship continue. Whether you respect that decision or not, they've made it—and they've also blocked you. I don't think you should ignore their clear wishes and push them to communicate with you. Focus on comforting your daughter and encouraging her in new friendships.
—Nicole
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Dad Reveals The Most Brutal Text Messages From Teens
No matter how hard you try to be the chill parent, teenagers somehow always find something to be mortified about—and they'll let you know pretty quickly.
Chip Leighton, 52, shared the comical text messages parents had received from their teens lately, including "Don't say croissant in public" and "When my friends come over, don't do anything weird like bake cookies."
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The reel, which has been viewed over 2.5 million times, is part of Leighton's popular series (@the_leighton_show) and current Instagram trend where parents share screenshots of teenage text messages, often highlighting their kids' unique perspectives and quirks.
Teenage daughter embarrassed by parent on the couch. Dad Chip Leighton receives comments from other parents in reaction to his family-friendly comedy. Teenage daughter embarrassed by parent on the couch. Dad Chip Leighton receives comments from other parents in reaction to his family-friendly comedy. Liudmila Chernetska"I started by posting my own family's texts and quotes, but it turns out most families have lots in common, and I receive a lot of comments like, 'Wait a minute, did you steal my phone? Because these look like my kids' texts!'" Leighton told Newsweek.
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"The reaction on social media has been pretty wild," he added.
Other text messages that parents had received included "Can you tell dad to stop using wink emojis in his texts" and "Don't check your blind spot when my friends are in the back seat."
Parents from around the world commented on Leighton's reel with some of the things their kids have said to them.
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One Instagram user shared that after dropping her daughter off at a birthday party, she rolled down her window to say "Happy birthday" to the girl. "My teen explained with great dismay that I should never wish her friends a happy birthday through a window."
Another said: "My 15-year-old asked me today if you can still get a tan when it's windy. (It was 80 degrees and sunny today)."
"My newly minted 18yo filling out a medical form: 'am I my own guardian?'" said another.
Leighton, who started his career in content creation sharing the funny and crazy things his kids said on social media, told Newsweek his kids mostly give him an eye roll or shake their heads at him when he's recognized in public.
"When I quit my corporate job last year, my daughter started affectionately calling me the 'unemployed middle aged TikToker,'" he joked.
After some suggestions from followers that he should write a book, What Time is Noon? Was published in November 2024. It's a collection of hilarious texts from teenagers, as well as "stories from my family and a bunch of other features," Leighton said.
In response to the "Don't check your blind spot when my friends are in the back seat" message, Leighton captioned the reel: They call it a blind spot for a reason.
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