The tension to mother the "right" way can leave a peculiar silence within mother daughter relationships--the silence of a mother'sown truth and experience. Within this silence, a daughter's authentic voice can also fall silent. This is the silence of perfection.… — Elizabeth Debold Copy Share Image
Listening to learn isn't about giving advice--at least not until asked--but about trying to understand exactly what someone means,how it is that someone looks at and feels about her particular situation.... Listening to learn from a daughter in adolescence, conspiring… — Elizabeth Debold Copy Share Image
The tension to mother the "right" way can leave a peculiar silence within mother daughter relationships--the silence of a mother'sown truth and experience. Within… — Elizabeth Debold Copy Share Image
Listening to learn isn't about giving advice--at least not until asked--but about trying to understand exactly what someone means,how it is that someone looks… — Elizabeth Debold Copy Share Image
The next generation of women will enter a world in which they are perceived to have more opportunities for creating fulfilling lives than women… — Elizabeth Debold Copy Share Image
Generation after generation of women have pledged to raise their daughters differently, only to find that their daughters grow up and fervently pledge the… — Elizabeth Debold Copy Share Image
Few stories are written about what happens to the princess after the wedding. Reading between the lines of other stories, we can sketch out… — Elizabeth Debold Copy Share Image
Raising a daughter is an extremely political act in this culture. Mothers have been placed in a no-win situation with their daught ers: if… — Elizabeth Debold Copy Share Image
