I am afraid that my children won't think of me as anyone but their mother.

For a dude, I think I do cook. I'm a stay-at-home parent a lot of the time.

My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.

When you're a parent you find yourself looking at the unknown that is your child, trying to find a piece of yourself inside her, because sometimes that is what it takes to claim.

I used to think I'd be just like them when I grew up, but I am not. And the thing is, somewhere along the way, I stopped wanting to be like them, anyway.

If you want to have a more pleasant,cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, emphatic, consistent, loving parent.