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Laura Fox

'I need you to come and get me.' The day I cut my abusive mother out of my life.

"I have more important people to love." I don't love my mother. But she didn't love me first.

'At 12 years old, my family shamed me for my anxiety. It affected me for years afterwards.'

'From the outside, I had the perfect family. But they didn't love me.'

"I couldn’t understand why I was so resentful." Mum guilt stopped me from being a good parent.

'When I was giving birth, my biggest fear was that my daughter would look like me.'

"I am my own worst critic": Recovering from depression is harder when you're a mum.

"Enjoy every moment." The 6 pieces of advice you should never, ever give a first time mum.

'I have no idea what I've done wrong.' Why I distrust parents of estranged children.

"She had us for purely selfish reasons." My mother’s bad example taught me how to parent.

'My husband has a disability. I don't. This is what I wish I'd known before we had a kid.'

'My daughter doesn't owe you her affection. It's a violation of her boundaries.'

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