@judgingnora: It sounds more like instead of being a helicopter parent, she was more just maybe a bit over-anxious, but was smart enough to know how detrimental being too involved would be.

@evility: My mom and dad got braces about 8 or 9 years after my sister and I did, and it was seriously the biggest validation for us!

@TheFormerJuneBronson: "The fear" is seriously one of the most powerful motivators out there, isn't it? #overprotectiveparents

@HadwinBabazoid: Yup, ditto that for me. I spent about half of each year in Germany as a child, and was raised in a household with a German mother and grandmother, and I was raised to be extremely self-sufficient.

@Imjustnotthatintoyou: That must have been really hard for you, I can't even imagine. #sgtjamesmcilvaine

Whoa, I think someone I know is very well acquainted with a Celeste Ricciardi (from the catburglar link) who lives in NYC. Trying to figure out if it's the same person... #pakistanattackonfemalecafeteri...

@deeemer: We don't have a low infant mortality rate at all.

I can't watch the videos at work, but how could the first woman, Aja, not have saved any money if she has THREE kids?? That's insane!

@Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): The internet helped me get a raging case of vulvodynia that suddenly popped up at the age of 30 under control. Granted, it took trying about 20 things I found on the internet that didn't work before the one thing did (low-oxalic diet, calcium supplements), but it was something…

@vulcanized: I seriously think it's some east vs. western europe thing for Heidi, and it's getting kind of ridiculous. #christinaaguileraprojectrunway

I wonder if her "friends" have heard about all this and figured out they are the ones in the story. #lucindarosenfeld

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: It really is a good letter, and I just want to hug her and say, "Good for you!"

Glitch report- I was getting reply notification this morning, but now am not (and have confirmed that I have since been replied to). If an unstarred commenter replies to me, I still get a reply notification, right? #chchchchanges

@girl.of.your.dreams: It's not her clothing alone as much as it's the pose. It does scream of "look at me!!" #meghanmccain

@egg cream: The key to your statement, though, being "when they go home at night."

@dcdulce: What's your vector, Victor? #chchchchanges

@Dodai: Thank you thank you for bringing back the ability to sort by oldest first!! The rest confuses the heck out of me and I'm sure I'll figure it out and like it soon, but the new sorting feature is worth all this alone. #chchchchanges

@twinkette: My sister and I when we were young wanted to buy my father a birthday gift. My mom took us to a local gift shop/stationary store, set a limit on price, and let us pick something out. The gift?

@TransFat: 'Tis the season!

I'm loving the idea of a Sylvanian Family in a Frank Gehry-inspired house!