You try and try, but sometimes, you just may have to give up your Parent of the Year tiara. Members of Salon's Table Talk community explain.

Internet-connected toys threaten to replace imaginary friends -- and parents. They're inevitable, but we can fight

Damnation's eternal soundtrack

Novelist Mark Salzman, who spent four years teaching locked-up young hoods in L.A., talks about his students, their writing and how they inspired him to have a child of his own.

Show about the trials and tribulations of children-having-children is back, this time with more tears

An airport screener beats up a co-worker for mocking his package. Plus: MTV's "teenage version of 'Hung'"

If election were held today, Republican strategist says Democrat would prevail.

"Twilight" and "The Vampire Diaries" snatch up 19 awards apiece at tonight's show

The Wirecutter says it's the Google Nexus 7 8GB

The date President Obama wants bill passed by is approaching, but it's still not clear that Dems have the votes

Previously opposed to bill, Kucinich now says he'll approve nearly $1 trillion package

His predecessor George W. Bush said "gay" twice, once in a speech denouncing marriage equality

The delightful faux-documentary "Trollhunter" exposes the horrible truth behind "The Billy Goats Gruff"

"This has been a difficult time for me," Aidan Maese-Czeropski said in a statement

With Nevada win, Democrats lock down Senate majority. Victory in the House remains (just) possible