5 Things Lorelai Gilmore Taught Us About Being a Good Mother

As we await the Gilmore Girls revival coming to Netflix, we thought Mother’s Day was the perfect time to remind everyone of the special relationship between Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel).

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Watch the video above to see clips of Lorelai putting these five parenting tips into action:

1. Help your kids pursue their dreams.

2. Be a good role model.

3. Always give sage advice.

4. Sometimes, you want to actually trade places with your daughter… and that’s OK.

5. Love means it’s all right to say, “I’m sorry.”

To all the moms out there… Happy Mother’s Day! And to those of you wishing you were spending it in Stars Hollow, you can: All seven seasons of Gilmore Girls are streaming on Netflix. Four new 90-minute Gilmore Girls movies, written and directed by executive producers Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, will premiere on Netflix later this year.