Kaasan: Mom's Life

is a Japanese short gag manga by Rieko Saibara which has been serialized in the Mainichi Shimbun morning edition since October 2002. In 2005, the manga won Saibara the Short story Award at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes. An anime television series adaptation ran from April 1, 2009, until March 25, 2012 on TV Tokyo, airing on Wednesday 7pm to 7:30pm. It was also adapted into a live-action film in 2011.

Plot
The story focuses on Rieko Saibara's humorous semi-autobiographical life as a mother raising her two children.