Only 36% Surveyed Wish They Were More Like Their Own Mom

77% Believe Motherhood Harder Now Than When They Were Kids

Gwen Stefani and Angelina Jolie are Hippest Celebrity Moms

Women Soundly Reject Ozzy Osbourne, Paris Hilton or Kevin Federline as

Suitable Babysitters

Nearly Forty Percent Think J-Lo Will Become Pregnant in 2007

    NEW YORK, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate Mother's Day, Lifetime
 Television's latest Pulse Poll* survey, part of Lifetime's ongoing dialogue
 with women, found Oscar(R) winner Denzel Washington was the guy women want
 to tuck them in at night, besting Mario Lopez and Matthew Fox, while Tim
 McGraw out-paced Will Smith and Patrick Dempsey for the role of "Mr. Mom"
 to clean the house and help take care of the kids -- which makes perfect
 sense since cleaning is the chore (51%) women would most like someone else
 to handle.
     According to the Pulse Poll, part of Lifetime's ongoing dialogue with
 women, an overwhelming number (77%) feel raising a child is far more
 difficult than a generation ago. If only Mom were more help, since 27%
 insist their mothers were horrible at giving advice. Perhaps that explains
 why just 36% wish they were more like their own Moms. Nearly as many, 31%,
 wished they were less like their mothers, citing neuroses, fashion sense
 and physique as the traits they are glad they didn't inherit.
     As for fave Mother's Day presents, 61% of respondents selected hugs and
 kisses, trailed by a handmade gift/card from a loved one; 45% chose spa
 treatments and 39% a romantic dinner. But who to hire as a babysitter when
 you're out with your significant other? Not Ozzy Osbourne, Paris Hilton or
 Kevin Federline, none of whom broke 2% in the Poll as potential diaper-
 changers.
     When it came to most popular songs with Mom in the title, Willie
 Nelson's "Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" and Paul
 Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" led, but 7% of respondents submitted
 their own nominees, ranging from "One Hot Mama," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa
 Claus" to "My Yiddishe Mama."
     As for hippest celebrity Moms, Gwen Stefani and Angelina Jolie topped
 the list (Britney Spears polled a paltry 0.4%) and, as far as who might
 join the ranks of motherhood this year, 38% selected Jennifer Lopez,
 followed by Christina Aguilera (15%) and Jennifer Aniston (12%).
     *a total of 8,005 surveys were completed by people Ages 16+ from April
 2-6
     LIFETIME is the leader in women's television and one of the top-rated
 basic cable television networks. A diverse, multi-media company, LIFETIME
 is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information
 programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and
 their families. LIFETIME Television, LMN, Lifetime Real Women, Lifetime
 Home Entertainment, and Lifetime Online (http://www.lifetimetv.com) are
 part of LIFETIME Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of The
 Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.
 
 

SOURCE Lifetime Television