As the mom of two teenagers, I personally find this report to be pretty damn accurate within my own family. As far as I know - and I know that parents don’t always know, but I feel fairly confident here - my kids are uninterested in drugs, and are neither have seriously dated anyone yet.

And in terms of bullying: Yeah,…

Pretty much just infuriating, unfortunately.

Oh holy hell, I just watched the first episode (advanced preview). And it’s actually WORSE than you think.

Good for you. And please document EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING. Write down absolutely everything that happened, in detail, and anything that happens going forward, no matter how minor you think it is. I’m so sorry you are having to deal with this bullshit.

Seriously. It’s so not my thing - apparently I fall under the “16.2% reported no grooming history” category. That works for me. You do you. No shame either way. 

Well, two things: First, we live in suburban Virginia, where takeout options are basically Taco Bell, McDonalds, Dominoes, and Wendys. And only Dominoes delivers. And all of them suck ass anyway.. I grew up in NYC so moving here was a huge culinary shock on terms of culinary take-out options.

Second: I’m a pretty…

Oh man. My first born was 4 months old when the planes hit the towers, and we lived in Manhattan. My company had just gone under and my husband was also job searching, so we were both home that morning and watched the horror unfold live. My husband was in the NY National Guard and he was immediately called up and…

Deeply disturbing as well are the conversations I’ve seen on forums like previously.com exposing some SERIOUS misconceptions about abusive relationships. Lots of stuff about “this is totally unrealistic, she’s a smart lawyer! She’s so well educated! That woman would NEVER put up with that kind of abuse IRL!”

This is the sort of thing that should only be in a wine bar. And even then, no.

Oh yeah, me and my brothers got lice when were kids, and my own kids have had lice several times. And I agree that the insecticides are not the best option.