Talk:Who's In The Box?/@comment-9145885-20131205052235/@comment-14539762-20131205163414

I think that Ashley behaves more like a friend than a mother to Hanna. Her educational methods are very strange. Hanna stole expensive things from the mall multiple times, destroyed Seans car... and what does Ashley do? Sleep with the police officer to get the charges dropped. Ashley is a very bad role model for Hanna. What is Hanna supposed to learn by that? You can steal as much as you want, destroy someone else's propety and everything... but as long as your mother has sex with a police officer everything is ok? Also when she had financial problems: instead of moving into an appartment, she goes and steals (like daugther, like mother) money from an old lady. What a teenage girl is learning from this: If you have financial problems, don't work extra hard, don't reduce your spendings. No, go and steal money. C'mon guys. It wouldn't have killed Hanna if she moved into a three bedroom appartment with her mom. So Ashley had no reason to steal that money. Even if this is the 21st century, I think that parents have to punish their children if they do something wrong: Have a serious conversation, grounding, let them bring back the stolen items personally (very embarrasing), reduce (or cut off) allowance.... I think the only punishment that Hanna ever got from her mom is not having a mobile phone for some days.

However, Ashley was always there when Hanna needed her. Hanna knows that she can count on her mom. This is why Ashley is not a horrible mother. But in my opinion very immature and inconsistent.

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^ I don't think that Pam is the worst mom in the show. She had a problem with Em's sexuality, but she really tried to accept it - and she does now. I think Pam behaves like a normal mother would do. Rosewood is a very small town, but look what all happened: Ali "killed", Jenna blinded, Ian killed, Wilden killed, Garett killed, Maya killed... Pam just doesn't want her daughter to be the next one. And Emily almost died many times... so Pam should actually even try more "extra hard to be a responsible mother". And the Field Family has also financial problems. But unlike Ashley, Pam didn't go and steal money. She accepted a job, so she can save up money for Emily to go to college. She tries really hard to provide Emily a comfortable life. IMO Pam is the best and most realistic mother on the show.