Parenting Responsibilities: 10 Things You Are (and Aren't) Responsible for as a Parent. Shine from YAHOO!

These days, we're bombarded with mixed messages about how to parent "the right way." It's easy to buy into advice from the media, relatives, and other parents and start to worry that we're doing something wrong. Part of the reason this is happening is because adults, just like kids, are over-stimulated. We're more wired and connected, which means we're receiving more outside input than ever before.

What you are not responsible for:

Making sure your kids are always happy.

Getting the approval of others.

Controlling your children.

Your children are not puppets and you are not a puppeteer. 

What you are responsible for:

Making tough decisions that are not popular ones.

Teaching your child to function independently.

Holding them accountable.

Do your best.

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How To Hard Boil Eggs In The Oven. Huffington Post

Next time you want to hard boil eggs, don't start a pot of water to boil. Instead, turn on the oven. Even though the name of these eggs suggests that they should be boiled, it's so much easier -- and some say better -- when baked.

While you could go through the challenge of poking a pin hole into each egg to get it perfectly hard boiled, wouldn't you rather use Alton Brown's much simpler method? Sure, it takes longer to make boiled eggs in the oven, a whole 30 minutes vs. the nine when boiled, but there are perks to this hands-off method. When baked, hard boiled eggs have a creamier texture. Some say that they're even easier to peel.

But the real appeal of baking eggs rather than boiling them is when you need to make a large amount -- like when feeding a big crowd. It's so much easier to cook two or three dozen on an oven rack than in a huge pot of boiling water.

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