Honestly, I would give anything for Netflix Instant to have Daria. :(

Her kid was probably like, "Jesus, mom. Put some Pinot Gris in that Nalgene."

Do you have a citation for that, because frankly, that is something I have never, ever heard. And "natural birth" means vaginal birth - unmedicated means without intervention. Also, just worth noting - my mom had 3 unmedicated, no-intervention births (not by choice). The 3 of us were as dark as the two born through…

It was a classic new parent "Oh shit, how do we do this? Can I let go yet? Do you have the head?" move. I remember it well, although I can't imagine doing it in front of the world.

We gave you Celine Dion and Justin Beiber. We have much to atone for.

Well, it would be a boring family story that went exactly as expected and never kept you guessing! I hope all goes well for you and them, however they choose to live their lives.

It sounds like you have the right approach—letting them decide! I’m a little jealous, though I think my parents were mostly reasonable, as these things go.

I'm sure you already do this, but if you counterbalance her excitedness with praise for them doing what they like - whatever it is - it'll mean the world to them when they're older.

Yup.

First of all, let me say that you sound awesome. It seems like you have amazing forward-thinking kids and you have raised them well. Kudos!

My personal opinion is that when you're a little girl being a tomboy is acceptable because being male is considered the norm in our society. Of course that's before puberty hits and you're suppose to become a sexually attractive but pure woman. But for noncomforming boys they're ostracized because they're viewed as…

Okay, so this leads me to a question. I've been seeing a lot more articles and media interest in gender nonconforming boys. Why do we see so little information about gender nonconforming girls? Is it because there are less girls who become more gender aware at a younger age? Or is it because we just label them as…

I love this gem for if your husband's not into sex:

There certainly is a great amount of good in telling both sexes on a long term relationship- hey, sometimed you gotta fake it til you make it.

I just had a baby and after going through pregnancy dealing with my supposedly "good" insurance company (seriously that's like saying a "good heart attack" isn't it?) I am more socialist than fucking ever. Fuck Obama, fuck big business, fuck big banks, fuck health insurance companies, also FUCK HOSPITALS. While…

It really speaks to the growing class divide in this country that so many of us (me included!) can't even imagine how people can afford to have children. And I'm not talking children + expensive summer camps + 5+ bedroom mansion + designer diaper bags. I am a really minimalist, low-maintenance person. Like, I'm an old…

Hah! I know anecdotes do not equal evidence, but in my house, growing up the only boy between an older and younger sister meant that even joking that they should go do "women's work" usually led to me doing all the dishes by myself while sporting any number of bruises.

With all due respect to their opinions, that's a fairly narrow view (or "decree.") It depicts extreme sexism, and never favorably. It is almost always shown in a way that is supposed to be shocking and saddening to the modern viewer, and they employ this same technique when they show casual racism, and many other…