I only say this because I love you : how the way talk can make or break family relationships throughout our lives
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Contenido: I can´t even open my mouth: separating messages from metamessages in family talk. ¿Who do you love best? family secrets, family gossip: taking sides. Brief interlude I: go ahead, treat me like a stranger. Fighting for love: connection and control in family arguments. I´m sorry, I´m not apologizing: why women apologize more than men, and why it matters. She said, he said: gender patterns in family talk. You guys are living in the past: talking with teens. Brief interlude II, cal me by may rightful name. I´m still your mother: mothers and adult children. Help me get out of my way: sisters and brothers forever. In -laws and other strangers: mixing families, mixing talk.