Tucker pointed out that Dan Connor always knew the names of his kids' friends--in his opinion (and mine), a sign of a fantastic parent.

Oh, and his choice for worst mom ever? Carol Brady, of The Brady Bunch.

a sign of a fantastic parent.

Hah. It's a really good day for me when I never once call my son by either my husband's name or the cat's.

I'm not saying it's something I would do myself--I'd be more likely to be like my mom (and grandma) and run through the list of all my kids before getting to the right one. My poor grandma had 24 grandchildren, many of whom seem to have been born in batches (3 or 4 kids of the same gender in the same year or two), so it was a lot worse for her!

Carol Brady, of The Brady Bunch.

Why, pray tell? I don't remember her as being particularly good, but not particularly bad, either.

But I'd put Roseanne Connor in the running for worst. The regular insults, not good for self-worth.

Tucker has issues with the Brady Bunch, overall. I'd have to take a look at the book again to remember what they were, but he devoted a whole column, instead of just one paragraph in the Worst Moms column, to the Bradys.

BtVS gave viewers the only believable treatment of sex in modern life, as opposed to the giggly teenage view most other shows provide.

So, sex is bad, then?

Also, works better than a gorilla bar for wrecking houses?

Well, sex is more complicated than the de rigeur pregnancy scare.

Yeah, sometimes you get freaky just because you were snatched out of paradise.

From my limited Gilmore Girls knowledge, I agree Lorelai can be too co-dependent, but I think she did a pretty good job for a teenager with little family support. I'm not sure who I'd nominate as a better mom on TV now, though. Maybe Kirsten Cohen.

And I would love to know what Tucker's Brady Bunch issues are.

I think Kirsten's a much better mother, and to keep it in the family, Julie's one of the worst. But unlike most of the worsts -- she's meant to be.

Ma Kent's a decent mom...I'm blanking on all mothers, now.