Becoming a mother : biology influences culture -- The social and cultural aspects of motherhood -- Predictable mother-daughter challenges over the life course -- Learning to be a mother : the earliest years -- The honeymoon years : daughters in early childhood -- Living in the hood : teenage-hood -- Mothering adult daughters : the gift of friendship -- The cycle begins again : daughters becoming mothers -- And the cycle recycles : daughters becoming caregivers -- Sex and sexuality : what do mothers teach? -- Lessons on parental separation and divorce -- Social support : your friends and (extended) family network -- Do mothers influence what we want to be when we grow up? -- Lessons in economics and finance -- Shaping a daughter's identity -- Learning the maternal role within cultural perspectives -- Attitude and gratitude.
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