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Rifts between older mothers and their adult children usually endure – even through divorce, illness and death

Written by Megan Gilligan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University

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At the start of every new year, individuals often make resolutions to change aspects of their lives that they find undesirable. For some, these promises to themselves may involve trying to mend broken family relationships.

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