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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like your DD needs someone to talk to. Maybe a little therapy. She's going through a lot of the difficulties you are but she is a child and her near memories are all of others being the center of attention. No blame here, but its understandable.[/quote]

This made me think of something that OP might want to look into: having DD spend some time with an adult (likely female) relative, maybe an aunt who would be willing to spend some time on DD? I wouldn’t do it right away but it’s good for girls to get attention and support from family members who aren’t their parents. When I was a teenager I spend time with both my aunt and grown cousin and it was great for me. [/quote]

Then in 10 years, OP is posting here crying that her DD is closer to the substitute mom that was willing to meet the child’s emotional needs.[/quote]

I never said that OP should offload her daughters need for emotional intimacy on a substitute mom. It’s just good for a child to have good relationships with other adults and the idea that a mother should be singularly responsible for meeting their children’s emotional needs is a very modern one, and not practical. I did say that OP shouldn’t do it right away; she needs to try to connect more with her DD first, but DD is young and will need more emotional support down the road. Plus it’s awesome to have support from somebody who is wise but not your mom. [/quote]

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