Alter Ego: Elyse Keaton on
Family Ties
TV Kids: Alex, Mallory, Jennifer, and Andy
TV Parenting Style: Support your children even when you can't believe you gave birth to them. As a devout liberal and former hippie, Elyse didn't judge her son Alex's staunch Republican ways or discourage Mallory from caring more about makeup than a career. Her motherly wisdom, she says
in this clip, came a lot easier with the help of a script.