If you haven’t yet, go hug your wife, mother, grandma and any other mom in your life.

Today is their day, and all of us should pay tribute to those who nurtured us from day one.

Just like anything else, though, there is no single type of mother. Those varying types — caring, overprotective, involved and indifferent — are reflected in the fiction we regularly consume. Since many characters are based on someone from real life, there is a lesson imbedded in just about anything we watch or read.

Whether a good mother or bad, there’s something from just about any fictional mother we can learn; one of the best forms of inspiration, after all, is to make a mistake.

With that in mind, here is an alphabetical look at some of the world’s most well-known moms and what we can take from their actions — or inactions.

Carol Brady

• SYNOPSIS: Matriarch on “The Brady Bunch,” a family of eight which was formed when a divorcee with three girls wed a widower with three boys; was a housewife who stayed quite involved in family affairs and clearly cared deeply for her loved ones.

• PROS: She welcomed her three stepsons with open arms, helping the newly formed family to bond quickly; nurtured Marcia through an ugly broken nose incident that threatened to ruin the big dance, Cindy as she struggled to overcome her lisp and Peter when puberty wreaked havoc on his body and voice. Her high-energy approach to life was contagious, leading the rest of the family to give its all, whether out shopping or engaged in a potato sack race; even though she had help from housekeeper Alice, managing to have all those meals and school lunches ready day after day was no small feat. She worked wonders with money, stretching the family budget as far as an architect’s salary could be expected to go for eight people; and was more than willing to help out extended family, allowing her nephew Oliver to live with the family for a year.

• CONS: Did little to combat space issues in the house, as six children had to share two bedrooms and one bathroom; failed to help the kids cope with the death of the family dog Tiger, not even bringing it up after the canine was gone.

Peggy Bundy

• SYNOPSIS: High school sweetheart of football star Al Bundy, who gave up a college scholarship to marry her after impregnating her on “Married ... With Children”; a housewife in the worst sense of the word, preferring to watch “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and eat to doing anything productive; wore high heels at all times even though she rarely leaves the house.

• PROS: Stuck up for children Bud and Kelly when Al wouldn’t; put up with Al’s frequenting of strip clubs and leadership role in the group National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood.

• CONS: Criticized Al for not making enough money despite her spending it all on junk and not even entertaining the notion of getting a job herself; took a bit too much fun out of foiling Al’s schemes; outlandish appearance was an embarrassment to herself and her family; failed to stay loyal to friends and family members, even her children — although she defended them more than anyone else.

Roseanne Conner

• SYNPOSIS: Working-class mother of three on “Roseanne;” worked all kinds of menial jobs before finding herself and opening her own loose meat sandwich restaurant; ended up winning the lottery but losing her husband in the process.