Both Peter and Anne don't get along with their mothers mainly because of the generation gap seprating teenagers and parents. Peter is embarrassed with his mother because she fights with the father in front of everyone. Anne and Margot understand their mother tries her best, but Anne is still much closer to her father as he teaches her, laughes with her, and is overall a more relax kind of parent. Margot's and Anne's mother is more strict as she scolds them when making noice in the Annex.
