When asked to imagine the quintessential TV mom, you might recall any number of firm, wholesome or uplifting characters from across the decades.
June Cleaver and Carol Brady remain the paradigms of chipper blond matriarchy. Marge Simpson and the doyennes of The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie made hearth and home.
On classic sitcoms, Clair Huxtable eased you with her patrician comfort while Marie Barone and Roseanne Conner smothered you with bullish affection.
In later years, TV drama mamas Lorelai Gilmore, Tami Taylor and the Pearson women could help you feel like you always had a place to turn.
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