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These days it's cool to be ethnic and to be different, but when I was a kid, it was not cool - at all. My friends would come over and my mom would make crepes with eggs, stuffed with mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and spinach. And they'd be like, 'What is this?'

My mom gave me enough self-worth to carry me through difficult experiences. She was very loving and accepting. She was like, 'Whelp, you're gay? OK, cool.'

I'm born and raised in Mexico. I only spent eight months in the States, but definitely English is a really big part of my life, and I love it. Thank God my mom put me in American school because I'm able to be working in the States, and it opens a lot more doors being half and not being only one. It's cool because I get to turn it on and off.

My mom is my best friend in the entire world. She is so cool and so inspiring. I've always been able to be open with her and talk to her as a friend.

My mom is just someone who's easy to talk to and hang with. My sister, it's always cool to be able to help her out with things. My brother is fun when we're just joking and messing around. And my dad is someone who's helpful with my music and easy to talk to about that stuff because he understands me in that sense.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

My sister is my little star, and I'm excited for her and proud of her. With her, I'm protective, but also I don't want to be that sister who's really pushy and thinks they know everything and making her feel like she doesn't know what she's doing. I'm trying to be that cool older sister and not the mom, but it's hard.

Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.

Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them.

My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the excitement from my day back home.

I believe that at least 70 percent of parenting goes to the mother. In our house, I'm the one who knows about all the school stuff, helps with the homework, organizes the play dates, and remembers the birthday parties.

My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.

The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

My mom always said that there would be haters. Not everyone can love ya.

I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.

You need a strong family because at the end, they will love you and support you unconditionally. Luckily, I have my dad, mom and sister.

Call it the Tiger Mom effect: In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option.

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.