7th Heaven (TV Series)

Parents (2001)

Jane A. Rogers: Serena

Quotes 

• Serena : [to Annie]  You know, just because you bake cookies and make lunches and drive a carpool does not make you better than me. It does not mean you're a better mother! I am a good mother, too!

  Annie Camden : This isn't about us! This is about you and your daughter. It's about you growing up and acting your age. This is about you being an adult so she can be a child. It's about parenthood and it has nothing to do with cookies, and everything to do with raising children! Helping them find their way, loving them, and putting their needs first. How is your daughter supposed to learn how to be a mother if you won't be a mother to her?

• Ashley : Mom, can you grow up and act your age for just once?

  Serena : You cannot talk to me like that. I am your mother!

  Ashley : My mother? I thought I was your best friend. Which one is it? Mother or best friend?

  Serena : Can't I be both?

  Ashley : No! Because I want a mother who tells me what to do. A mother who tells me to do my homework, to go to bed. I want a mother with her own life, her own friends. I don't want a mother who makes a fool of herself, flirting around with some guy who's half her age! I know it isn't all about me, but why does it have to be all about you?