Three kids are the most stressful number, says a survey by the Today Show.

I have three kids. I win the mommy stress competition! Phew, I knew that something good would finally come out of my multiple progeny.

According to the 7,000 women surveyed, moms of three kids have more stress than mothers with less kids, and even more stress than mothers who have four or more. The Today Show called it the "Duggar Effect". As if 19 kids are less stressful than my three.

There was a coronation on Saturday, one that brought a new princess into our midst. No, not Kate - Merida from the Pixar movie Brave. Merida is the outspoken, arrow-shooting, boyfriend-shunning princess in the Oscar-winning Pixar movie. 

It seems just like Anne Hathaway's character in Princess Diaries, Merida had to get a makeover before the powers-that-be at Disney would allowed her to join her princess-y sisters.

Left: Merida from the movie. Right: Made-over Merida

If there is a mother in the world who doesn't feel guilty, I would like to know her secret. If you ask enough questions to any mother -- no matter how old her kids are -- you will find the nugget of guilt somewhere.

The media, of course, doesn't help. We are supposed to feel guilty about helicoptering, and ignoring; disciplining too much, and not disciplining enough; the list goes on. But most of all, we are supposed to feel guilty about the time we spend away from our children. 

And we do.

Even Victoria Beckham, "Posh" to us children of the '90s, admitted recently that she feels guilty being a working mom.

I happen to think that there are a lot of reasons to love President Obama and his family. It's not just his politics - there seems to be something really authentic about the way he is around his wife and daughters. If it is a sell job, I am buying.

Recently in a fairly ridiculous interview with Savannah Guthrie on the Today Show, he said that the way he and Michelle are dissuading the girls from getting tattoos is by threatening them:

“What we’ve said to the girls is, ‘If you guys ever decided you’re going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo in the same place. And we’ll go on YouTube and show it off as a family tattoo,” Obama said. “And our thinking is that might dissuade them from thinking that somehow that’s a good way to rebel.”

We've all done it.

Told a little too much about our kids online. Not just me as a blogger, but anyone who is on Facebook or Twitter. There is a very fine line between providing information, broadcasting great moments and oversharing. So, I have a little empathy for the updates that cross the line, once in a while. 

But sometimes there is something so egregious, so ridiculous, that I stare at my screen in disbelief. There are the braggers and the sanctimommies, the oversharers -- they are the parents who believe that the world revolves around them and their children's small achievements. 

STFU Parents is for them (yes, stands for Shut the F*ck Up). Or at least it is to make fun of them. And in doing so it also reveals a little bit of ourselves. 

Blair Koenig is a childless writer who has been keeping up the blog for four years. She gets over one and half million views per month and has just released a book, STFU Parents: the jaw-dropping, self-indulgent, and occasionally rage-inducing world of parent overshare.

Emma Willer has three boys, a dog, husband and a full-time job. She recently returned to her government job after her one-year maternity leave. Emma writes the honest and lovely blog: Where There's A Willer...or five. Never sentimental, Emma admits that there is no perfect answer to the universal question: "Can women have it all?" I asked her for her tips on returning back to work after maternity leave.

Guest Post: Tips For Moms Returning To Work

I like to think that my family is a democracy. But my friend Kathy Buckworth says that that is not the best way to run a family: she says that a family should be run like a business. Kathy is a well-known author and writer whose new book I Am So The Boss of You: An 8-step guide to giving your family the "business" is out and has some great tips to gain control of your kids, without losing the love. The book is filled with "a-ha" moments that could help any CEO, or parent. But don't read it while your partner is sleeping because your laughter may wake them. I, obviously, have a lot to learn from Kathy, so I asked her to guest post:

Guest Post: If You Were Really the CEO of Your Family, Would You Get Fired?

Many moms believe themselves to be CEOs of their families. I support this belief 100%, as there are many benefits to running your family like a corporation. The problem is, many Mom CEOs are not really in charge of their families in the same way as a corporate CEO would be in charge of their organization. In fact, it seems to me that a lot of “junior employees” (i.e. children) are in fact setting the direction and overall tone for the family.  And that tone is often a whiny one, resulting in a lack of strategic direction.

The Ontario government has targeted child obesity as a problem and has set a goal of reducing childhood obesity by 20 per cent over the next five years. 

To do so, the Healthy Kids Panel outlines three key ways to get kids healthier:

When you have a newborn, everyone wants to give you advice. The cashier in the grocery store, the old lady who lives down the street, your mother, your friends, me. 

And the hardest parts of having a newborn are common to most babies.

Here are a few points:

Sometime I feel a little like Tipper Gore. Remember when the former vice president's wife was such a goody-two-shoes and she railed against the music industry's offensive lyrics?

I get it now. Do I really have to listen to the song "Birthday Sex" on the radio on my son's 13th birthday? Talk about awkward!

At least I had the option to change channels or turn the music off, or just talk really loudly to him about something else. But a family on a flight from Denver to Baltimore wasn't so lucky. And they got into serious trouble over it.