Historically and culturally women have been both adaptive and submissive in their negotiations with men and older women. As mothers, women have usually transmitted patriarchal values through parenting, that is, in their negotiations of values with their children. But in recent decades mothers have refused to perpetuate patriarchal values, choosing instead to inculcate more androgynous and autonomous values. When women are more aware of what their really value is, they are less likely to accept the dominance of patriarchal value, instead they become role models for their children/daughters. This paper explores Nawal El Saadawi's relationship with her mother in the novel, A Daughter of Isis