My Favorite Television Moms
Free Will Mom
Yet one mom from the sixties really stands out to me: Morticia Addams of the Addams family. Morticia's individuality never suffered from her devotion to her family. She allowed her children to be themselves and encouraged them to seek what made them happy. For me, it is that ability to encourage individuality in my children that I most associate with Morticia Addams.
Frontier Mom
Caroline Ingalls of Little House on the Prairie represents the rugged frontiers mother who would work the farm, nurse her children and move mountains if need be. She steadfastly insisted that her children get an education even when it would have been easier to keep them home to help out on the farm. When Charles needed to travel to find work, she kept the home fires burning. I see in Caroline the need to persevere, even when times are tough and to celebrate the little joys of life. I also share her appreciation for education, no matter the personal cost to self.
Blue Collar Mom
Roseanne Conner is not anyone's ideal mother. She is rough speaking, blue collar worker in a blue collar family and busting hump to make ends meet. She's not always happy about it and she definitely can't keep her mouth shut. But she stands up for herself and for what she believes in. I think she's not perfect, but she loves her family and from my own blue collar background, I share the sentiment that sometimes it doesn't matter whether the dinner came from Kentucky Fried Chicken or from the oven, it matters that dinner is on the table.
Sassy Mom
The last TV mom to make my list I met the same year I actually became a mother. Lorelei Gilmore is a great TV mom and friend, but she's not the best daughter. In Lorelei, I find a lot of qualities to admire. She's tough, resourceful and independent. She doesn't just make lemonade, she invents a new flavor of lemonade. From her love affair with coffee to her wonderful rapport with her daughter, Lorelei and I share a zest for life and an unabashed ability to work for it.
TV moms come in all shapes and sizes. They work hard, they support their families and they often forget to look after themselves. We identify with many of these moms from the sixties, the seventies, the eighties and the twenty-first century. In many ways, every TV mom represents motherhood in all its wonderfully hard and brilliant facets.
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