{"id":35307,"date":"2025-03-30T09:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T08:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=35307"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:13:53","slug":"the-best-mums-in-emmerdale-and-some-of-the-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/the-best-mums-in-emmerdale-and-some-of-the-worst\/","title":{"rendered":"The best mums in Emmerdale – and some of the worst"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a village packed with families of all shapes and sizes, Emmerdale<\/a> is teeming with all manner of family dynamics \u2013 with more complicated and fractured relationships between mums, dads, sons and daughters than you might expect to find in a small city.<\/p>

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From Dingles struggling to keep track of their clan to Bartons attempting to smother theirs to death, Emmerdale mums are a different breed. And, as the soap continues to concentrate on these dynamics \u2013 with the relationship between Ruby and Steph finally on the mend \u2013 join us as we take a look at some of the best and worst Emmerdale mums.<\/p>\n

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Moira\u2019s a devoted mum, when she\u2019s not coddling her man-child husband (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Best \u2013 Moira Dingle<\/h2>\n

Juggling cancer and a philandering husband, Moira still found time to be one of the soap\u2019s most devoted mums, always putting her children before herself, even with her health seriously faltering.<\/p>\n

Moira was originally introduced as a mum of three<\/a>, before daughter Holly suffered a tragic overdose in 2016. Holly returned to screens, after a fashion, last year to visit her mum while she underwent an operation to remove her brain tumour.<\/p>\n

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Charity tried to warn Noah about Joe (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Best \u2013 Charity Dingle<\/h2>\n

Charity<\/a> has come a long way since the soap revealed her to be the estranged mum of Debbie. She\u2019s since proved herself as no-nonsense mum to her brood \u2013 extended to include Ryan, Noah and Moses. Recently, Charity became convinced that Noah\u2019s half-brother, Joe, was up to something, and dedicated herself to getting her son out from under his thrall.<\/p>

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