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Aging moms choose daughters over husbands, study suggests

Study of cellphone communication finds that as women age, their focus shifts from partner to adult daughter.

Stay-at-home mother Kellen McCluskey poses for a portrait in her backyard as her daughter Verenna swings on a tree swing in Centreville, Maryland, October 12, 2011.

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