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[[Lawndale]]. In fact, Vincent and Amanda's constant absence from the Lane household, a recurring theme in ''Daria'', is often mentioned in passing during some episodes by Jane, though she does not seem too upset by it. In one episode, Jane herself describes Amanda and Vincent's parenting as "benign neglect".
From her appearance in "[[Lane Miserables]]" and her housekeeping notes in "[[The Daria Database]]", Amanda seems a very mellow and relaxed woman, maintaining a extremely laid back attitude regarding parenthood, ignoring the problems and confusion around her and being somewhat lax in enforcing rules, standards, or even basic cleanliness around [[Casa Lane|her house]]. She's also unclearunsure (and unconcerned) about who's in the house at any given time, being unconcernedmentioning in "Database" that squatters might be in the basement "again" asand "I'm pretty sure they're harmless"; she didn't bother to investigate and see if they were there, even though she thinks it could be some of her children.
This behavior eventually turnscatches againstup with her in ''Lane Miserables'', when the sudden concentration of the Lane family members in her house overwhelms her and she has tomust go ask help to [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]] inbecause ways"I to get herneed ownmy house back.!"
Regarding raising children, Amanda likes to quote a proverb of holding a butterfly in one's hand as her motto. (Jane is fed up ofwith hearing it but holds her tongue.) She's willing to let her children do whatever they want in order to find themselves, reasoning that they'll get bored, to the extent that she's unconceredunconcerned when her grandchildren [[Adrian]] and [[Courtney]] run away to the Lane house without their mother. She's saidclaims she'sto be proud of how she hashaving "such "interesting and articulate children and grandchildren"., Inthough ashe's hypocriticalforced move,to sherecant gaveher upphilosophy onwhen theall butterflyof proverbher oncechildren thesuddenly familycome membershome wereat impactingonce. on her; sheShe also admits in "[[Art Burn]]" that, rather than let him choose, theyshe liedand Vincent made up a story to stop [[Wind Lane|Wind]] to stop himfrom changing his name to Ronald. Amanda has cited letting Trent camp in the back garden until he got bored as successful parenting; she doesn't know that Trent was waiting for someone to invite him back in and he'sis depressed by the memory.
Amanda is seen working in her workshop with a kiln and a potter's wheel when she is at home. In the broadcast episodes, it appears that her workshop is in the basement of the Lane house (though the map of [[Lawndale]] in "[[The Daria Diaries]]" indicates it is in an old bomb shelter).
"The Daria Database" shows that Amanda isn't bothered by the mess at home, and that she's alsois lax on basic maintenance. She's also absent-minded about whether bills have been paid and tends to leave blank cheques behind for Trent and Jane to use.
Vincent and Amanda are often in completely different parts of the world to each other. "The Daria Database" mentions an exception, when they toured East Europe together. Vincent once said to Wind that Amanda and himself try to work out their marriage issues by role-playing and hitting each other with foam rubber bats.
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