In a moment of weakness last month, I emailed my parent list-serv and casually inquired about tutors.
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Ms. CARRIE WANG: Yes, I think in my parent's generation usually they stay in the same job in their whole life.
Oliver Bussmann, CIO at my parent company, SAP, acknowledges that this is something his team has given a bit of thought.
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My parent company, as many observers including myself have noted, is already a pioneer in arming its employees with tablets for work.
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Analyst Kevin Benedict had a funny quip during a webinar on the future of enterprise mobility hosted by IT Toolbox on Thursday (and sponsored by my parent company, SAP).
Having toured the carnage on the South Shore of Long Island yesterday in an effort to rescue my elderly parent, I realized that certain business will thrive in the aftermath of Sandy.
The caseworkers deemed my mother an "unfit parent" and my sister and I were placed under custodianship of the state.
It was not until my basic needs were met as a parent, was I able to help my children.
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What many people who questioned my decision to try to save the company through Chapter 11 did not know is that my family lost a parent at an early age.
It's not common after a marital split for the dad to be the primary carer, but there's a good reason why I, the mum, am the weekend parent in my children's lives - it's called bipolar disorder.
This ability to reinvent inspires me as a business owner, and gives me hope as a parent that my sons might one day be able to bring their kids here and relive happy childhood memories as they chase them around the kiddie pool.
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Ms. LINDA REEDY (Gay Parent): It's as if a whole segment of the population of the country and maybe the world are telling me personally that I'm not fit to be a parent, when I know that every day, my whole life is about being a parent.
My parents were outgoing, hospitable people, their friends culled from among my father's associates at the office and from the women who along with my mother had helped to organize the Parent-Teacher Association at newly built Chancellor Avenue School, where my brother and I were pupils.
And obviously, I expressed to them -- as a father, as a parent -- my heartbreak over what they went through.
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The huge success of my project inspired me to expand my vision of making every parent potential a reality across the State of Maryland.
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That communication has to happen, whether it is a spouse, sibling, parent or in my case, my grandmother, who is the true matriarch of the Campbell family.
My company, University Parent Media (UPM), is the No. 1 college resource guide for millions of parents at over 200 institutions around the nation and is expanding rapidly.
And yet I, my wife and nearly every other parent I know resorts to this tactic with appalling regularity.
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Like every parent I know, my children are the center of my world.
If the diagnosis of Noonan syndrome is confirmed, is there a support group or parent support group in my area?
As a parent, I want my kids to experience success, a little failure, hard work, adversity, hope, frustration, triumph, honesty, humility, compassion and joy.
If your parent resists help (my mother often did), gently insist.
My standard answer is that I have the same struggles as any working parent but with the good fortune to be working in my dream job.
If I don't know the parent well enough, then my kids don't play.
My advice to a non-custodial parent would be that if you can get any sort of concession in exchange for it, you should take the concession.
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As a parent, I would want my son to grow up and be able to consider a broad range of professions, not just ones that are traditionally labeled as suitable or ideal for men.
Three years ago a friend recommended me to the parent organization (which is technically my employer) as a film lecturer.
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Ms. ALICE ROSSI (Co-founder, National Organization of Women): There was a period of Nina's life that I felt was critical, where I was a neglectful parent because of the busyness of my life, and I took shortcuts in parenting.
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