While I'm still in recovery mode from my personal backaggedon, Heather Greenwood-Davis has stepped in to cover Jada's "controversial" remarks about her daughter Willow's hair. You may know Heather as The Globetrotting Mama, who travelled the world with her two kids and husband last year. They recently won National Geographic's Travelers of the Year, which is a huge honour.

Guest Post: Whip It Good

Jada Pinkett Smith, wife of Will and mother to Jaden and Willow, had the Internet talking last week when she posted “controversial” remarks on her Facebook page. What was the earth-shattering news that sent more than 40,000 people to her page and almost 3,000 to share her remarks? She told the world that her daughter Willow, 12, is in charge of her own hair.

My sons have been trying to convince me that Assassin's Creed, despite it's violent name, is actually a video game worth having because it has a historical perspective.

Their quick historical tour of the game had some non-sensical discussion of Templars, re-living your ancestor's experiences, secret assassin units and vengeance. Then we agreed that a video game in general was not a good basis for a history lesson.

It's report card season which means parents all over the country are thrilled, disappointed and irritated with their kids and their teachers. Even the most academically-gifted students get bad grades and have bad semesters. 

Instead of banning all treats and playdates and putting your kid's nose to the grindstone, here are some tips on how to deal with a less-than-stellar report card. 

Is there a parent in the world who hasn't agonized, discussed, cried and lost their mind over the sleep issue? I don't think so.

For the first few years of a kid's life, sleep dominates most conversations, thoughts and desires. But I can tell you, parents who are in the midst of the sleep panic, that it does go away. Kids do learn to sleep, or at least you learn to function with night visitors, disturbed sleep and chronic tiredness.

I do believe that different kids have different sleep temperaments to an extent. But the biggest determinator of your kids' sleep patterns is you, the parent. 

I have never known a parent to rejoice in labelling their child with ADHD/ADD. Sometimes a diagnosis comes with relief because there are (limited) options and programs out there to help kids with ADHD. 

But with attention deficit at the forefront, teachers, schools, doctors and even parents may be jumping to diagnose something that may in fact be something else - like anxiety or a learning disability. Or just immaturity.

Sometimes I see my kids and they just look so competent. They grab their lunches and make their breakfasts; they help little kids who have lost their ball; they look people in the eye and say thank you. And I turn to my husband and say: “Our kids can exist in the wild.”

Other times, I am yelling at my 12-year-old son to remember his shoes as he walks out the door barefoot, I am “helping” my daughter with her bathroom habits and I am reminding my 9-year-old that apples can be eaten without being cut into perfect pieces. But I know they could not exist out there for a day on their own.

Amanda Todd was cyberbullied. She was stalked, humiliated and shamed on the Internet. Facebook was used to damage her reputation and her psyche.

But cyberbullying is not the sole cause of her suicide.

A toddler pooped in the shower. That's not big news.

Most parents have lived through a bathtub incident such as this and the clean up is often nasty and at best, forgotten. But instead of getting out the rubber gloves and moving on, this father made a sign for his toddler that read: "I pooped in the shower and daddy had to clean it up. I hearby sign this as permission to use as in my yearbook senior year. Signed, Mia [last name blacked out by HuffPo]." He hung it around her neck and took a photo, including her face and then posted it on Reddit.

And it has gone viral.

I don't know anyone who truly takes parenting for granted. We all try our best but have occasional lapses in judgment, organization and even rationality. But the one thing that I try hard to hold on to is my sense of how ridiculous and fleeting this whole parenting stint is.

Granted, some mothers on the schoolyard are more invested in being perfect than the rest of us. Some parents get their kids to play piano and practice, do their homework, make their beds and speak politely to their younger siblings. Some parents never let their guard down.

And there is the rest of us.

True story (according to the Internet): a Utah woman took her potty training woes to a restaurant last week when she had her twins sitting on a potty at the table. 

According to a witness, the young mother peeled her kids' jumpsuits to their ankles and had them taking turns sitting on the potty while they ate. In public. There are photos to prove it.