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This chapter presents general patterns about the relationships between southern African American women and their adolescent daughters with a focus on health, well-being, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS as topics that emerge from the data. It also provides an overview of how daughters experience communication with mothers. I situate the health status of African American girls and women in North Carolina during the study period. I introduce a narrative typology of the focus groups. My typology of the mother and daughter focus groups is presented with specific characterizations to help readers distinguish among each group and how their “worldview” reflected particular themes. These central tenets form guiding strands throughout the book. For example, one group is labeled “Experts” because of the ways the group articulated the choices they made about how they discussed health-related issues with their daughters. It also refers to the way that they positioned themselves in the context of their expertise as health professionals. I highlight the themes that are connected to young womanhood for daughters, of respect, trust, and pressure.