A friend who runs an ad agency told me that she figured out the secret of women who head up companies: stay-at-home husbands.

She says that when she is with other female CEOs, Presidents and the like, they all admit to husbands at home. It would be impossible to do her job, have kids and a life without her hubby at home managing it all, she says.

But unlike the men at the top and their trophy wives, househusbands are not an open topic of discussion -- yet. Though, this article from Marie Claire asks the question if househusbands are the ultimate accessory for successful women.

I know that you are just packing away your World Nutella Day festivities and I hate to break it to you, but Nutella is not a health food. I know that it is upsetting to learn that the processed cocoa and hazelnut spread is not as healthy as the commercials tell you. If you are so distressed by this news you may want to join a San Diego mother in her lawsuit against Nutella.

According to LA Weekly, Athena Hohenberg is suing the company over alleged false advertising.

There are things that I don't write about in this space. Things that I can't tell even my closest friends. They are the fleeting thoughts, little confessions about being a mom and a wife that usually disappear in an instant. I know you have them too.

Parenting and marriage aren't easy states to live in, we make mistakes, we hurt people and we think hurtful things. Sometimes we only need to read someone else's dark thoughts to feel a little less alone, sometimes confessing our sins makes the load a little lighter,

The Internet has become our online confessional booth, so much so that there is now an "App for that". But if you don't have an iPhone, there are numerous anonymous sites that allow you to unload your darkest feelings and thoughts in the hopes that you will feel a little better, a little more able to carry on through the day.

People's confessions are a reflection of the tiny and large emotions that we carry through our day. Some confessions are about the little things: how a wife hates her husband's morning breath, in others you can hear the betrayal, the anger and the confusion. Mothers saying how they feel alone, or favour one child, or feel bad because they forgot to pack their kids lunch.

So where can you go if you want confess a bad wife or bad mom moment?

Do you garbouflage?

Definition according to the urban dictionary: The act of hiding a discarded object underneath other garbage, especially when the sight of said object could cause problems.

Definition in parenting: The act of camouflaging your kids' art in the garbage. Practised by parents everywhere.

Valentine's Day is coming up and it feels like every year it becomes more and more commercial: the straight-to-the-recycling Valentine's cards, the crappy candy, the red pajamas. I'm really starting to hate the enforced love-fest.

My kids don't need 24 store-bought cards to know who their friends are and I don't need a teacher-mandated poem to know that my kids love me.

“Mom, can I have some orange juice?” asks son number one.

“Orange juice,” echoes son number two.

“JINX!” yells son number one.

JINX!!” yells son number two at the same time.

“I jinxed you! You can’t talk!”

“You can’t jinx under a roof!”

“Yes, you can,” I say.

“Yes, you can.” says son number one at the same time as me. “JINX!” yell both the kids to me.

I can not be jinxed. I am jinx-proof, just ask my sister,” I say, maturely.

“But mum, you are jinxed!… Oops, I just said your name.”

My husband and I were just finishing up a nice dinner with friends at a restaurant when the bill arrived. My husband tossed in his credit card while the other couple started at each other: "Is it my turn or yours?" asked the husband. "I think it's mine," she answered and tossed in her credit card.

My husband and I were taken aback by the discussion. This couple has been together for 20 years, married for 15, they have three kids and seem like a happy and unified couple. Could it be possible that they have seperate bank accounts?

It seems to me that the real business of parenting is creating memories for our kids to build on. It's also about creating good human beings but good memories are a good starting place. It's not an easy job because it seems that we are wired to remember only the bad stuff -- one exception may be family vacations.

We've all done it: uttered a punishment, taken away privileges and then regretted it a few minutes later. But how do you take those words back? Can you pretend they were never uttered?

This article from Today's Parent asks: Can You Backtrack? My answer is yes. In fact, sometimes you have to. You don't want your kids to think that acting out of anger is right. We should be teaching our kids that decisions need to be made outside of the heat of the moment; that it is okay to make mistakes and admit to them. I think that is more important than being "consistent". You know who is consistent? Toddlers. They are consistent in their negativity. You know what being an adult means? Being flexible and admitting to mistakes.