Author Applies Tools of Linguistics to Mend Mother-Daughter Divide - New York Times: "There's a study of 12-year-old Austrian and American girls. None of the Austrians described their mothers as 'friends,' while all of the Americans did."
I don't think this is necessarily a good thing. There should be boundaries between parent and child. I think we're seeing the results of this now -- kids think their parents are their friends and, thus, fail to listen (and probably fail to respect, in many cases) to their parents.
This is an interesting article that I can't really relate to, though. I've always been really interested in linguistics and thought that might be a natural master's degree for me.
Didn't happen, of course. I have no path.
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