"Adolescence is a marketing ploy."

As a parent, I’d like to think my style more closely resembles that of my own mother and grandmother (two best moms I know) rather than a character from a movie. However, I do have my favorite Movie Mom:

Frances McDormand from Almost Famous. She’s the best on-screen portrayal of a socially conscious, smart and funny modern mother. Love her. ("Look at this: an entire generation of Cinderellas and no glass slipper.")

Some other moms with whom I relate and adore:

Dianne Wiest – Parenthood

Olympia Dukakis – Moonstruck

Husband picked Shirley MacClaine from Terms of Endearment.

Father-in-law picked Kathy Bates from Waterboy.

I know there are more...