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> [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 they teach their daughters simply how to get along in a world that has been shaped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-debold/raising-a-daughter-is-an-extremely-political-act-in-this-culture/)

[Elizabeth Debold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-debold/)

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## More by Elizabeth Debold

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-debold/the-tension-to-mother-the-right-way-can-leave-a-peculiar-silence/)

[Elizabeth Debold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-debold/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-debold/listening-to-learn-isn-t-about-giving-advice-at-least-not-until-asked/)

[Elizabeth Debold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-debold/)

> [The next generation of women will enter a world in which they are perceived to have more opportunities for creating fulfilling lives than women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-debold/the-next-generation-of-women-will-enter-a-world-in-which-they-are/)

[Elizabeth Debold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-debold/)

> [Generation after generation of women have pledged to raise their daughters differently, only to find that their daughters grow up and fervently pledge the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-debold/generation-after-generation-of-women-have-pledged-to-raise-their/)

[Elizabeth Debold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-debold/)

> [Few stories are written about what happens to the princess after the wedding. Reading between the lines of other stories, we can sketch out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-debold/few-stories-are-written-about-what-happens-to-the-princess-after-the/)

[Elizabeth Debold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-debold/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-debold/raising-a-daughter-is-an-extremely-political-act-in-this-culture/)

[Elizabeth Debold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-debold/)

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