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Jewish Exponent
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March 4, 1994
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Sally Friedman
Jewish Exponent
03-04-1994
`Daddy we hardly knew ya': Author examines how fathers bond with. daughters
Women have lots to say about their mothers. Just ask them.
But their fathers? Author Victoria Secunda can recite the sobering statistics: While 53 percent of women say their mothers were a "significant influence" in their coming of age, only 27 percent feel their fathers played a crucial role.
The figures, based on her own research, intrigued the journalist in Secunda, whose work has appeared in Woman's Day, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and other national magazines.
"The main thing that fathers seemed to say was, `Go ask your mother,' " quipped Secunda, the author of several ...
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