Generation after generation of women have pledged to raise their daughters differently, only to find that their daughters grow up and fervently pledge the same thing. — 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 her "happily ever after": The princess gets pregnant and hopes for sons. As long as she is faithful and bears sons, she is considered to be a good wife. We don't hear whether or not she's… — Elizabeth Debold Copy Share
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
