A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'

I was two years old when my mom put me in mommy and me classes. I always had a lot of energy so it was the perfect fit!

My mom passed away at 41 from diabetes. And I'm 42 thank you. I didn't want to do that to my son. So any time I was at the gym that thing that helped me do that last squat was my son calling some other woman mommy. And that would just give me that extra oomph to do that last squat. I want to be around for him.

I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy.

Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time so we got whipped.

I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom.

I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19 and a sea of people were screaming and pulling their hair because I was there. It was weird. Nobody deserves adulation like that. I tried to explain it to my kids once. I said 'Mommy used to be kind of cool kind of like a Britney Spears.'

Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt you're really on your own. You're alone and there's no one to help you.