研究:女孩和母亲关系更亲密

Up to 39 percent of women under 50 talk to their mothers every day, according to a study. And one in three talks to them once or twice a week, with many dialing their mum's number whenever they are in need of advice or support.

The close communication owes much to technology, which has made "chatting" by phone, text or email much easier. 

Only 14 percent of daughters see their mothers on a daily basis and one in three sees them once or twice a week, with 33 percent saying geography stopped them making more frequent visits.

The survey also found that 43 percent of the 2,000 women questioned relied on their mothers for general advice the most.

Emma Soames, from Saga Magazine, said: "Older women are now so much younger in their attitudes than previous generations so the generation gap has diminished and formal rules of upbringing which saw children seen but not heard have completely disappeared."