But as my sister and I grow up and get social media profiles of our own, the debate over whether mum can photograph, post and tag us has become much more contentious.
I chaired a particularly contentious meeting and used a lot of humor to break the tension in a way that defused some of the rancor and allowed us to discuss a difficult topic.
"The pith helmet was frequently worn by military personnel from countries including Britain, France, Spain and Italy while commanding colonial armies, which is why many people found Ms Trump's choice to wear it in Africa highly contentious.
NBA Kobe and NBArank added up to a contentious topic even before his devastating Achilles tendon injury of April 2013.
But the Trump administration is turning the same tool against affirmative action in college admissions, a major -- and highly contentious -- legacy of the civil rights era, and one that white conservatives have opposed for decades.
Spielberg has tackled contentious topics before — terrorism, slavery, the Pentagon Papers, sharks — but nothing as likely to stir up a hornet's nest of defensiveness, disdain and indignant "actually"-ing as the subject of this movie, which is video games.
Oracle won a contentious copyright case against the search company last year, while News Corp has long railed against Google's growing power over the media industry.
Prosecutors are probing whether the country's biggest conglomerate made the alleged payments to secure backing for a contentious merger between two Samsung affiliates last year.
It also paved the way for deriving embryonic-like stem cells without destroying human embryos, sidestepping an ethically contentious approach.
The row between the US and EU on behalf of their flagship aerospace companies has long been one of the most contentious battles in the global trade system and has cost both sides millions of dollars.
The row has long been one of the most contentious battles in the global trade system.
The World Bank is set to make net savings that are half the size of a much-touted $400m target as administrative costs rise on a surge in lending, despite a contentious reorganisation pushed through by Jim Yong Kim, its president.
After four years of consultations and contentious negotiations among its shareholder countries, the bank's governing board yesterday unanimously approved an update of the so-called "safeguards" in place since the 1980s.
Georgia's governor has vetoed a contentious religious freedom bill viewed as anti-gay following pressure from US companies, including a host of Hollywood's biggest names.
Although most of the BEPS eps reforms were announced last October, some contentious issues remain to be decided on, including how to allocate taxable profits between countries.
Although human DNA is the most contentious target for editing, the technology will open new avenues and accelerate research in every field of genetic manipulation.
If I ever have a contentious interview and I find out that the guest was unhappy, I'll go to them and say, "Look, this is my job.
Many in Germany still support the idea that keeping Greece in the eurozone is important for the future of the European Union, and German lawmakers are expected to support the new bailout plan, agreed to by European leaders early Monday after a contentious weekend of negotiations, when it comes up for a vote in Berlin on Friday.
During Kelly's tenure, the site expanded rapidly, and the question of what constituted private information and what was public grew contentious.
" The notion of a midlife crisis, is contentious.