Yesterday afternoon was like any other day after school. Little kids came home, threw their stuff everywhere, ate snacks, talked about their day at school in increasingly loud volumes. Then my middle schoolers walked in the front door. Mom, you need to call the school. Like right now. Why? I caught two kids being mean to [12-year-old brother] in the hallway after school. It's just ... you need to call the school.

Do you let your children drink coffee? What about caffeinated soda? What about those energy drinks, like Red Bull? On this weeks show we explore this topic.

So this month we talked about breastfeeding, vacationing with your children, and blogging about teenagers. As long as you aren't blogging about breastfeeding your teenager while on vacation you probably have good company in the momosphere.

"How was your vacation?" a friend asked shortly after I returned home from our latest family trip. "I think one day I will look back on it and remember it as fun." That was the best answer I could give. Next week on Backtalk we are talking about the family vacation. Is it calm and serene or is it more like a Chevy Case movie? I happen to believe that a vacation with young children is an oxymoron. When I said this out loud my oldest son piped up, "Vacation with children is for morons?" Uh sure, that will work too.

I have written before that I wish I had appreciated the body I had when I was twenty. I wish I had known that it was as good as it was ever going to get. In this episode we are talking about mom bodies. Love 'em, hate 'em, if you have given birth you have one. We will discuss bloggers who are accepting their bodies just as they are and others who are working to change them. Anyone else a Shredhead?