edna was a terrible mother to beth - she was a prostitute, and her boyfriends and johns would often molest beth - and she constantly degraded and emotionally abused her daughter. by the time edna was introduced in 2002, her days of lust had long ended and she was incontinent and relied on a walker to move around. charged with caring for her mother, beth was equally awful towards her, frequently threatening to kill her if she did not keep quiet about beth's numerous schemes - including an infamous plot to kidnap sheridan crane, steal sheridan's son marty once he was born, and raise him as her own.