- BIG LITTLE LIES
She has the dream house,
a great wardrobe and a devoted
husband, Ed (Adam Scott), but
Madeline Martha Mackenzie
(Reese Witherspoon, pictured
with Darby Camp) tempers that
perfection with a serving of
sass. Mother to Abigail (Kathryn
Newton) and Chloe (Camp),
she’s honest, unwaveringly
loyal and tells it like it is.
Best mothering moment:
To a teenage driver, who
nearly caused a car accident
on the school run: “If I catch you
driving and texting again I will
find your mother and I will throw
this [the kid’s phone] at her.”
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- MODERN FAMILY
Endearingly neurotic, Claire Dunphy (Julie
Bowen, pictured with Ariel Winter) fights for
what she thinks is right. Mother to Hayley
(Sarah Hyland), Alex (Winter) and Luke
(Nolan Gould), she’s married to big kid Phil
(Ty Burrell). Once a homemaker, she now
works at her father’s (Ed O’Neill) company.
Best mothering advice: “Kids these days
get trophies just for showing up. What’s that
gonna lead to? A bunch of 30-year-olds
living at home.”
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- VEEP
Sure, on-again, off-again POTUS
Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
pictured) has a lot on her plate. But
that doesn’t excuse the way she treats
long-suffering daughter Catherine
(Sarah Sutherland) – including forcing
her to call off her engagement to a
lobbyist who doesn’t fit her campaign
narrative. Thus, it’s slightly unnerving
when Catherine falls for her mum’s
body double, Marjorie (Clea DuVall).
Best mothering moment: To her
press secretary, who floats releasing
a statement about her daughter’s
relationship: “What? She’s a lesbian,
Mike. She’s not a werewolf.”
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- GAME OF THRONES
Since she emerged naked from the
flames with those three tiny creatures,
we knew that Daenerys Targaryen
(Emilia Clarke, pictured) would be
a fierce ‘Mother of Dragons’. From
cute infants to rebellious teenagers
- yes, you, Drogon – she’s nurtured
them with a firm hand, even grounding
them when their reckless behaviour
threatened to get out of control.
Best mothering moment: “They
have my dragons. A mother does
not flee without her children.”
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