I'm wondering if I'll ever reach a point in my life where I don't clench my teeth and feel ragey whenever I hear Jenny McCarthy's name.

I thought J-Lo's mom was Halle Berry's mom, until I read the caption. They look like they could be related!

Exactly. Shaken Baby Syndrome is a horrible, horrible thing; however, I get how it could happen, especially in the days before it was something that parents were rigorously educated about. I'm not saying it's excusable, and I'm certainly not promoting it as an effective parenting tool; I'm just saying that I can get…

I thought the same thing! Though, to be fair, I did notice Mom saying, "Hey, listen..." herself a few times. So maybe he picked it up a bit from both sides.

I was spanked and I turned out just fine. I don't hate or resent my parents, and I believe they genuinely had my best interest at heart.

But I also choose not to spank my own children. I don't like it, and it's been my experience (working as a behavior interventionist) that it really doesn't work very well most of…

I never understood the pairing with Ginny. I felt like J.K. Rowling had made up her mind to put Ron and Hermione together (maybe just because she wanted to be different and not have the Main Male Character and Main Female Character automatically be paired up), and then thought, "Oh, shoot. Harry needs to marry…

Really, a dog probably shouldn't be eating a brownie, period. Because chocolate. In fact, thinking about that, I can't help but wonder how many of the dogs that ate baked goods containing pot got sick because of the chocolate and not because of the weed.

Having had an abortion, I beg to differ. It was a horribly unpleasant, painful, icky experience.

Seriously, abortion is an absolute last resort for women- even up here in Canada, where they're free. I don't know a single woman who's had one who would have preferred it to using the pill, a condom, or literally any…

My five year old son nursed until he was two years old, and weaning was extremely difficult for us (he has ASD, so there were likely sensory and/or comfort reasons behind it). Some nights, he would wake up screaming and be absolutely inconsolable until he nursed. Breastmilk being very sweet, this lead to some cavities…

At four years old, my young son had to have a couple teeth extracted and some cavities filled under anesthesia last year. I got a lot of comments from judgmental people about it ("how could a child that young get so many cavities?!?"), but there were several factors at play. First of all, he was extremely active…

To the contrary, I'm not saying my anecdotal experience is "proof" of anything; rather, I'm using it as an example as a phenomenon that is not at all uncommon among individuals who are diagnosed with ASD as adults. There are many more such examples out there.

My knowledge comes from exhaustive professional and…

Please provide scientific evidence that ASD- specifically Asperger's- is over-diagnosed. Because that sounds to me to be more of a personal opinion than fact.

ASD diagnosis is certainly on the incline (and, FYI, because of changes to the DSM, Asperger's no longer exists. It's all "Autism Spectrum Disorder" now);…

You make a really good point- and, yes, people with ASD often work really hard to "pass". I often tell people that the reason I don't often "seem" like a person with autism is because learning to fit in was a matter of survival for me. I was bullied as a child and teen for being "weird and geeky", even had a few…

Word.

Diagnosis of ASD is on the rise because of a number of factors. For one, the diagnostic criteria has changed. Secondly, there's been a real improvement in the assessment process (testing, training, etc). Finally, a lot more people are becoming aware of what ASD "looks like", and that a person can have autism…

Also: ASD is NOT a mental illness. It's a cognitive disorder. Very different things.

"I don't buy that she has Asperger's"— the exact same frustrating thing I've heard time and time again after being diagnosed as an adult. My husband has PDD-NOS, and both of our children were diagnosed with ASD recently (my oldest probably would have received the Asperger's diagnosis as well; however, because of…

The "Fast and the Furious" franchise has always made me uncomfortable, in that it glamorized street racing in such a way that it became more popular, leading to a number of (mostly young) people losing their lives. It's not that I'm saying that the people involved in those movies are responsible for the actions of…

Because the Pope has a lot of influence over the Catholics of the world, and the Catholics of the world have influence over public policy and perspective. If the Pope says, "Gays are bad! Condoms are bad! Everyone that's not Catholic is bad!" then (at least some) people listen. When the Pope expresses love and…

That makes me feel a bit silly- because I saw it as aggression, too! I didn't realize that some dogs "smiled"; I've never seen a dog do that before. You learn something new every day. :)

I thought it was him, too, then was like, "SEAN HAYES IS JON CRYER'S SON?!"

I then spent enough time doing the mental math to be embarrassed about it.