Besides, she felt she had been a bad daughter, risking her elderly mother's life with her wartime work, a bad wife to both her husbands, and a neglectful mother.

ECONOMIST: Irena Sendler

And when your daughter got bad news, how did you handle it?

NPR: Ask Amy: Responding to the Thin Envelope

Duffield, who's 67, had braces put on his teeth a few months ago so his teenage daughter wouldn't feel bad about her own.

FORBES: Return of Dave

As Snaps tries to go legit and marry off his restless daughter, the plot develops a bad case of mistaken identities.

NEWYORKER: Oscar

Still, year wasn't all bad: Packer and his model wife, Erica, welcomed their first child, daughter Indigo, in July.

FORBES: In Pictures: The 2009 Billionaire List

When Ms. Avant asked her daughter that evening why she cheated, Kaci said she was afraid her mom would be angry over a bad grade.

WSJ: Why More Young Kids Cheat at School