“I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough - striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort of typical mother-daughter relationship.” EnoughMotherDaughterPerfectionStriveGood EnoughTypicalMother DaughterMother Daughter RelationshipStriving For PerfectionNever Good Enough Author:Dorothy Hamill
“I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules. I didn't cause my son any pain. But I did bring to my life some of my father, who was very controlling and very remote. I was working a lot. I wasn't there enough.” IfsFeelsStillsEnoughMotherBreakGood Enough Author:Mary Tyler Moore
“The good enough mother, owing to her deep empathy with her infant, reflects in her face his feelings; this is why he sees himselfin her face as if in a mirror and finds himself as he sees himself in her. The not good enough mother fails to reflect the infant's feelings in her face because she is too preoccupied with her own concerns, such as her worries over whether she is doing right by her child, her anxiety that she might fail him.” IfsChildrenEnoughFeelingsMightFacesMotherWorryFailingAnxietyEmpathyConcernMirrorsGood EnoughInfantNot Good EnoughOwingDoing Right Author:Bruno Bettelheim