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Helen Barksdale's early years were spent in the shadow of her older sister, [[Rita Barksdale|Rita]], whom her mother spoiled rotten with attention and money. Helen grew up extremely resentful of being ignored but at the same time determined to be the best at everything she did, probably in hopes of one day winning the approval of her parents. Unknown to her, this caused resentment from ''Rita'' (and her other sister [[Amy Barksdale]]) who felt they were expected to be the equal of Helen when it come to studying. Helen never got on with Amy, but the two of them both felt that their mother never gave ''them'' any encouragement or affection. ("[[I Don't]]", "[[Aunt Nauseum]]") Helen, in adult life, has intended to stay in contact with her mother but rarely has the time ("[[The Daria Database]]"), and may not feel that committed to the idea ("Nauseum").
Once in college, Helen became a hippie and joined the late 1960s counterculture. While in [[Middleton College]], she met [[Jake Morgendorffer]] and the two began dating. Jake and Helen each had issues with their families and may have connected because of that. As they were both arrested in summer 1969 ("[[That Was Then, This Is Dumb]]"), she presumably started college in the fall of 1968. After graduating in 1972, the two moved into a commune with friends before getting married in June 26, 1975. Her oldest daughter [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] was born in 1982 and [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] followed suit
Helen enrolled in law school and, like her husband, rejected the hippie lifestyle and embraced the world of corporate America. She has, on occasion, felt guilty about not retaining her hippie ideals (though she gets over it quickly).
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