June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley in “Leave it to Beaver”), Harriet Nelson (herself in “The Ozzie and Harriet Show”) and Maureen Robinson (June Lockhart in “Lost in Space”) each represents the iconic mother—and the perfect fiduciary.
In this month of May, when we've traditionally celebrated the moms in our lives, we often reflect on all those dark days of youth—when we were sick in bed for a week, when we had a tough day at school or when our peers decided to call us names—when mom showed the kind of loyalty we can only hope for. Moms constantly display a tender touch of care in a way, no matter how hard they try, dads could never do. (Don't worry dads, we'll explore the fiduciary good in you next month.)
When Ward had it up to here with the Beav's antics, June would reliably step in and calm the patriarch down. When Ricky wanted to sing, Harriet encouraged him. When that bratty little kid from “Lost in Space” would do his bratty little stuff and Dr. Smith would be on the verge of using him as bait to trap a ferocious alien monster, Maureen would come in to save the day. (OK, the robot did it just as often if not more, but that's just another example of the fiduciary duty of loyalty.)
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