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Real talk: Parenting doesn’t come with a user manual and there’s never going to be a immaculate solution to every situation.

But this award season is full of films with mothers who make decisions and sacrifices that will be debated well beyond WhatsApp chats, school drop offs and personal therapy sessions. Is the decision that Teyana Taylor’s [] Home Film Focus Jan 2, 2026 4:45pm PT How Awards Season Contenders Dare to Get Real About the Struggles of Motherhood By Whitney Friedlander Plus Icon Whitney Friedlander @loislane79 Latest One to One: John & Yoko’ Draws Stark Similarities Between Political and Social Unrest in the ‘70s With That of Today 2 months ago How Hacks, Only Murders in the Building and More TV Hits Find the Balance Between Mocking and Complimenting Hollywood 5 months ago From ‘Agatha All Along’ to ‘Wizards Beyond Waverly Place’: TV Witches Cast a Spell on Viewers 7 months ago See All Courtesy Everett Collection Parenting doesn t come with a user manual and there s never going to be a immaculate solution to every situation. (yes, really)

Is the decision that Teyana Taylor s One Battle After Another major activist Perfidia Beverly Hills makes to go on the lam and abandon her young child an act of selfishness and self-preservation?

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Or is it a means of saving her daughter from the dangers of growing up with her, someone who regrets becoming a parent? Is it right for Sinners Grace (Li Jun Li) to sacrifice the last surviving humans at a juke joint to a swarm of vampires if it means she may be able to save the child she has back at home?

Is Rose Byrne s Linda in If I Had Legs I d Kick You acting on the best interest of her daughter s medical care? Or is she burned out and drowning in the exhaustiveness of feeding tubes, doctor s appointments and everything else life throws at her?

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