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Dear Abby: I am an "A" student in high school and an amateur figure skater. My problem is I can't live up to my mother's standards.
When I spend all day on a school project so I can get as high a grade as possible, she yells at me for not helping her around the house and claims she could've done the same project in an hour. If I get even three points off on a school exam, she gets angry and says that I made stupid mistakes and would've gotten a perfect score if I'd studied harder. If I mop the floor, she'll yell if even the tiniest speck of dirt remains. If I polish the railing, she yells that I should do something else because the railing didn't need it. If I show her what I'm sketching for art class, she belittles it. You get the picture.See the full content of this document
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Mom Awfully Hard to Please
I've tried to talk to her and to walk away from fights, but she'll yell from the other end of the house or come to my bedroom d...
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