My post today is part of Family.com's Comment Mania! Contest. They'll give a prize to the person who leaves the best comment this week (on the full article, not this blog post), so be sure to go over there and check it out! Here's a sampling:

My daughter is a beautiful, well-mannered girl with multiple interests, extracurricular activities, and a part-time job. She is very sharp and is therefore enrolled in multiple honors-level classes.

Some may think that this is every parent's dream. But my teenager focuses on school to the point of worry to her parents -- worry to her mother, that is. My husband, ever the academic, is thrilled to have a child follow in his calm, scholarly footsteps.

But as a self-admitted social butterfly, I find myself alternating between being immensely proud of her numerous accomplishments and wanting to push her out the door each weekend: "Go out with your friends!" "What are Jenny and Caitlyn doing tonight?" "Are there any mixers going on this weekend?" "Here. I found this boy's number on the bathroom wall at the coffee shop."