When you have a problem or lost something and ask someone else for help or to see and the problem is fixed or the lost item is found.
Of course when I ask you to help me find my shoes there right here, that’s the mom effect.
Noun/Verb/adjective: The state of disliking something that you once liked because you told your mom that you liked it, so she kept buying it for you until you got sick of it. Can be used as a noun, verb or adjective.
I made the mistake of telling my mom that I like yoo-hoo and she kept buying it for me until it got mom effected.