Hello symonca,
Thank you for reaching out in Apple Support Communities. It sounds like your mom might be a recovery contact who can receive the verification code for two-factor authentication. When a recovery contact receives the verification code, they can provide you the code so you can enter that information when you're attempting to reset the Apple ID password. Here's an article with more information: Set up an account recovery contact - Apple Support
Now for any reason, you're unable to go through with this process and you still need to reset the Apple ID password, you may want to consider going through the account recovery process. This is a method that can help you regain access to your Apple ID account. Here's how: How to use account recovery when you can’t reset your Apple ID password - Apple Support
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