2016 Most Magnificent Mom: 'My kids are my No. 1 priority'

By Christina McNamara, cmcschmidt@q.com

MOLINE -- It’s all about openness. That’s the key to a healthy mother-daughter relationship for Jessica Wasson and her teenage daughter, Hailee.

“We keep an open-door policy. We’re not always perfect, but we are flexible. Hailee can tell me anything, and that takes the place of slamming doors and typical 13-year-old behaviors,” said Ms. Wasson, 35, of Moline, who has been named the 2016 Most Magnificent Mom of the Quad-Cities by Dispatch/Argus readers.

Ms. Wasson was one of six finalists in the annual contest. Their nominating letters were published April 29, and readers cast votes to select the winner, who will receive ...

By Christina McNamara, cmcschmidt@q.com

MOLINE -- It’s all about openness. That’s the key to a healthy mother-daughter relationship for Jessica Wasson and her teenage daughter, Hailee.

“We keep an open-door policy. We’re not always perfect, but we are flexible. Hailee can tell me anything, and that takes the place of slamming doors and typical 13-year-old behaviors,” said Ms. Wasson, 35, of Moline, who has been named the 2016 Most Magnificent Mom of the Quad-Cities by Dispatch/Argus readers.

Ms. Wasson was one of six finalists in the annual contest. Their nominating letters were published April 29, and readers cast votes to select the winner, who will receive ...

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