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Trust grows when babies and mothers establish that they can find each other again after the inevitable moments of losing touch. It is not the goodness of the mother or the relationship per se that is the basis for trust it is the ability of mother and baby together to repair the breaks in their relationship that builds a safe house for love.

Carol Gilligan

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Carol Gilligan
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 28
Feminist
Philosopher
Psychologist
Writer
New York City
New York
Moments
Baby
Mothers
Together
Relationship
Inevitable
Find
Trust
Basis
Love
Grows
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Repair
Break
Goodness
Builds
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Touch
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House
Losing
Establish
Mother
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