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==Relationship with Daria==
 
{{quote|That's exciting, isn't it Daria?|Helen}}
{{quote|No.|Daria ("[[The Daria Hunter]]"}}
 
[[Image:Helen_Daria.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Helen and Daria in an attempt at conversation ("Lane Miserables")]]
 
Helen's obsession to be the best described with her relationships with her children and in particular, her relationship with her oldest daughter [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]]. Helen is constantly pushing her daughter to be more involved with school activities, to be more of a conformist, and to make friends (or "network") with the more popular students at [[Lawndale High]], to open up to her and be positive, and generally be more of a conformist. Often Daria finds herself pressured or bribed with money to go along with her mother's demands. In "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]", Helen revealed the reason she does this: she believes Daria is hiding behind an antisocial mask and refuses to let her daughter ''become'' that mask.
 
Daria tends to speak with her mother more often than her sister [[Quinn Morgendorffer]] does, and usually the conversations are of an adult level of maturity. At times Helen will succeed in getting Daria to talk about whatever current trouble she is dealing with. On occasion Helen demonstrates a deeper understanding of her daughter's habits than most of the family gives her credit for, such as in the episode "[[Write Where It Hurts]]," where she succinctly explains Daria's cynical habits and offers some help and sage parental advice. In "[[Dye! Dye! My Darling]]", Helen was who Daria turned to in one of her darkest hours and Helen immediately dropped work to help.
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