Potty training is one of those things that once you go through it, it’s like it never happened. My daughter and son have been out of diapers for 4 and 2 years respectively, but I can barely remember the kids ever wearing them.

So it was fun for me to work on a quiz for Parents.com about this very subject matter. It’s called What’s Your Potty Training I.Q.? and it actually brought back some memories.

Whether you’re in the dirty diaper trenches or you haven’t changed one in years, take the quiz and see how much you really know about this major milestone.

Recently, I wrote a piece for Parents.com entitled 8 Positive Ways to Address Children’s Gender Identity Issues. It’s funny, as adults we’ve come so far when it comes to accepting one another’s differences. But, for children, any difference can be traumatizing—even something as innocuous as wearing glasses or a different-colored shirt than the rest of the class. So how do you handle it when your son wants to wear princess dresses or your daughter wants to be the only girl on the baseball team?

The recent popularity of My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis has really brought the issue of gender identity into the limelight. I hope my article helps do that even further. I’m curious to hear what you think!

So recently I heard about this new book that’s been making headlines. The title is Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and it’s one of the worst (or best, depending on how you look at it) cases of extreme parenting I’ve ever come across. The book, written by Yale law professor Amy Chua, explains why she thinks that Chinese parents are “better” than those of us here in America. Don’t even get me started!