Let's not drag the beautiful majesty of bedazzled denim and gold bathroom fixtures into this.

Oh dear God, at least put a dish of those petal pink shell-molded soaps and put the paper towels on a free standing vertical roll. *whispers* But when I really want to impress, I unleash disposable cashmere towels with a matching trash can and a minority bathroom attendant. It always get me high marks in the society…

I think she has a great point. A lot of women also embrace this kind of über-parenting because they feel they cannot afford to stay on at their job given the price of day care, but they are accomplished people with college degrees and work histories and they need to both keep very busy and make themselves feel like…

Kids need some independence in order to grow into functional human beings. When I was in grad school, one of my professors told me he could tell which students were raised by helicopter parents because they were so terrified of failure and had no intellectual curiosity or critical thinking skills.

My sister and her friends are like this. I struggle to hold a conversation with them because have no interests outside their children. When my siblings were taking turns sitting with my dad after his surgery, my sister was in near hysterics because she had to take the evening shift for a couple days and missed out on…

I must go find this article. Some of the parenting stuff out there now is scary. It makes me feel suffocated just reading it. I don't know how anyone lives up to the expectations.

PREACH. So many of my friends seem to make their mothering decisions based entirely on a mix of guilt and fear and not based on what they want/think is best for the kid. I have not had that problem so far, which leads to awkward conversations like:

I have a co-worker who is incredibly intelligent, has an advanced degree, works 9-10 hours a day, and then goes home and takes care of her kids. She has a teenager who doesn't help with anything, a husband who also works, but then doesn't help with anything around the house, and a 5 year old that is constantly…

I completely agree. I don't know how other women do not see it. We need to keep our sanity.Being a mother is not supposed to consume us or erase us as a person.

Not to mention that the kids are a mess because they can't sleep without mom or dad and don't know how to do anything, including entertain themselves.

This is so true. I have seen so many smart, accomplished women turn into the kind of person who will not let their child go to people's houses for play dates until they fill out a checklist form. (REAL SAMPLE QUESTION:HAVE ANY OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS BEEN ARRESTED FOR A SEXUAL OFFENSE?) They take their big brains and…

An acquaintance posted a link to this article on Facebook, and a friend commented that she totally disagreed. I thought the article made sense, but said nothing because this friend's emotional life revolves around her children, and her marriage recently ended in divorce (although probably not because of her parenting…

Children who are raised to believe that they are the center of the universe have a tough time when their special status erodes as they approach adulthood. Most troubling of all, couples who live entirely child-centric lives can lose touch with one another to the point where they have nothing left to say to one another…

Eh. People DO treat you differently depending on what you're wearing. The how and why is something every teenager should understand, male and female alike. Learning to dress appropriately for different situations is hella useful for people who are about to start going to job interviews.

I'm with you. I just don't use my pockets, putting anything in there just usually ruins the silhouette plus I usually carry too much crap most times so I need a purse. For the rare times that I go minimal, I use my fancy hip bag (I refuse the call it a fanny pack) because again, I don't want anything in my pockets.

I especially don't understand the argument that taking a purse somehow takes longer than grabbing your stuff and putting it in pockets? All of my shit is always in my purse (plus a bunch of crap I don't always need just in case, I don't know, someone sprains their ankle and needs an ace bandage I have it handy), so…

i do to like functionality too, but i don't like pockets sticking out, even jeans, i don't want my ass looking larger then it is. I am ok with carrying little clutches or wallets.

Let's not stroll down that particular memory lane.

I do not want pockets. In fact, I find pockets are often to large and mess up the silhouette of my dresses. I want to wear body skimming A line dresses without adding bulk to my hips. It's called a purse, and I feel naked without one.

but clothe loses its shape when you stretch out pockets