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How to be a good mother — without mom's example

When her mother died, author Kathryn Black was deprived of a crucial guide to being a mom herself. Here's an excerpt from her new book, 'Mothering Without a Map'

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updated 2/3/2004 11:47:01 AM ET 2004-02-03T16:47:01

Excerpted from “Mothering Without a Map" by Kathryn Black. Copyright © 2004 by Kathryn Black. Published by Penguin USA. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt can be used without permission of the publisher.

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