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I don't think the way I portray mother's and son's relationships has anything to do with my age or generation. It has to do with what I lived with my own mother and what it's transformed into and the point of view it has given me on mothers and women. The way I was brought up with women. It's all about personal background.

I am like a friend to my children, but when things get out of hand, the 'mum' in me springs up!

I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'

I wouldn't say my mother was my best friend, because that sounds odd, but we have a really tight bond and she is my friend on Facebook. Although she only goes on it to check up on me and sometimes we argue about it.

My mum's advice is never to whine to my friends, so they never see the other side of me. I save all my problems for my mother.

My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable.

Moms are people, too. Moms make mistakes, too.

My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.