Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One: Aging Mothers and Adult Daughters -- 1 Complexities of the Mother/Daughter Tie -- 2 The Mothers and Daughters in This Study -- Two: Positive Features of the Mother/Daughter Tie -- 3 Theories About Mother/Daughter Ties -- 4 The Pleasure of Her Company -- Three: Problems in the Mother/Daughter Tie -- 5 The Developmental Schism -- 6 The History of the Mother/Daughter Tie -- 7 A Problematic Encounter -- 8 Shared Perceptions of Problems -- Four: Mothers' and Daughters' Reactions to Problems -- 9 Interpersonal Conflict and Communication -- 10 Mothers' and Daughters' Responses to Tensions -- 11 Once a Mother, Always a Mother -- References -- Appendix A: Methodological Decisions -- Appendix B: Interviews and Questionnaires -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.