“I’ll be honest, here, and admit that with the foolish overconfidence of youth, I was actually a little excited to get gray hair,” writes an anonymous mom today. “Silver runs in my family, so it was easy to picture myself aging into a bohemian Stockard Channing character or, even better, Aunt May from Twister.”

Well, as usual, life took another turn.

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

Listen, nobody wants to think about the reality of teens and sexual activity. But that’s life! And Diana Park has a little bit of advice: “Through experience with my older child, I’ve learned the one thing a teen needs if you want them to be open with you about sex is to be accepting of their choice, whether you like it or not.” Read to get her full take.