Which Of These Things Is JUST Like The Others?

Kristen Howerton, 05/14/12

Blogger, Rage Against the Minivan

Let's stop quibbling about what competent mothers are choosing for their kids, and step it up for the kids that don't have one

Mark Bertin, M.D., 05/15/12

Board-Certified Developmental Behavior Pediatrician; Author, 'The Family ADHD Solution: A Scientific Approach to Maximizing Your Child’s Attention And Minimizing Parental Stress'

If every child with asthma had a 66% chance of having kidney disease, we'd likely screen them for kidney disease. Yet, once ADHD is identified, further educational testing is often put to the side.

Katie Allison Granju, 05/14/12

Blogger, MamaPundit

Without two opposing sides, there is no war. By passively conceding, and then refusing to take up arms, we will effectively suck every bit of possible dramatic tension right out of their planned, profit-driven story arc.

Melanie Coffee, 05/15/12

Journalist based in Chicago

In the race to be bigger, faster, stronger, we've lost sight of what makes us better: Time with each other.

Laura Rossi Totten, 05/15/12

Blogger, My So-Called Sensory Life

We may practice attachment parenting (or not), we may chose the bottle over the breast, but we are all bound by the fact that we never, ever feel like we can do enough for our special needs child(ren).

Nina Badzin, 05/15/12

Blogger, Writer

Does it bother you when kids call you Mr. or Mrs.? If so, why? On the flip side, if you're teaching your children to say Mr. and Mrs., how do you handle it when adults tell your children otherwise?

Susan Weissman, 05/15/12

Author, "Feeding Eden: The Trials and Triumphs of a Food Allergy Family"

For my son, Eden, food allergies are about how food makes him feel singled out.

Suzanna de Baca, 05/14/12

Vice President, Wealth Strategies, Ameriprise Financial

While many feel good about helping their kids through tough times, couples do not always see eye to eye on how much support is appropriate and under what circumstances. So what can you do if you and your spouse disagree on if -- or how -- to help your struggling adult child with their finances?

Jim Higley, 05/15/12

Bobblehead Dad; Author; Speaker; Parenting Columnist; Radio Host; Cancer Warrior

How about we talk about kids for a change? How about we toss out some encouragement for what we are all doing? How about we remind each other why parenting matters? The other stuff can wait.

Leslie Lagerstrom, 05/14/12

Proud mom of two children; advocate for families with transgender and gender-variant kids

Society had graciously given us the "tomboy" label to justify our child's behavior, which we gladly used as a wishful excuse. But all too soon it became hard to ignore the earnest pleas for the McDonald's Happy Meal that included the boy's toy, or the innocent requests to wear male clothes.

Barbara Greenberg, 05/15/12

Author, 'Teenage As a Second Language: A Parent's Guide to Becoming Bilingual'

Most of us are doing the best we can, whether or not we are breastfeeding for three months or three years or carrying our little ones on our hips or pushing them in strollers.

Darcie Maranich, 05/14/12

Blogger

Four and a half months after his sudden deployment, Jeff was sent home. The girls and I made T-shirts with catchy slogans: Welcome Home Baghdaddy; Glad You're Back from Iraq.

Karen Bergreen, 05/15/12

Comedian

My son is now 8 and we had a great Mother's Day this Sunday. How could this have happened? I didn't sleep with my kid or wear him in a sling. I left him with a sitter and gave him formula.

Dr. Peggy Drexler, 05/14/12

Author, 'Our Fathers, Ourselves. Daughters, Fathers, and the Changing American Family'

The great post-feminist irony is that in an age of hard-won female opportunity, media is channeling that opportunity to a place of hyper-sexualized stupidity. It's not who you are -- it's how hot you are.

Alex McCord, 05/14/12

Author, Mom, TV Personality

Never, I mean never, underestimate the good feeling you get from your child doing something you want them to do. This Mother's Day, my husband...

Christine Carter, PhD, 05/14/12

Sociologist, parent educator and author, 'Raising Happiness'

Like a lot of parents, I've been struck by how active -- though not savvy -- my kids and their friends are with social media.

Rebecca Silverman Fitzgerald, 05/14/12

Writer, Mom

When my daughter asks whether there's another baby in my not-perfectly-flat tummy, or even why I wear makeup, I find myself bending like a limbo champ to get my answer right.