Why Moms Are Depressed, and More of Your Comments

Readers are sounding off in the comments all over this Parenting Special Needs blog, but it can be hard to find and respond to those opinions when they're on posts past this main page. To give you an easy view of the outrage and the outreach, here are some of the things your fellow readers have been saying in the past couple of weeks. To join the conversation, click on the link to get to the post, then click on "comments" to read the entire comment and add your own two cents.

"How much do you want to bet this study will be considered flawed sometime in the near future becuase the increase of asthma can be tied to a variety of other reasons not necessarily to Moms and their shortcomings. However, there will be NO major news coverage for that announcement. No, we will just continue to let the moms of the world think that everything is their fault. And scientists wonder why depression among mothers is up. Are you kidding me?!?!" -- Sharon on "Another Disorder Blamed on Moms"

"Parents are responsible for what goes into their children’s mouth. You cannot expect an 8 year old to practice self-control or discipline. That is the parent’s job." -- Stona on "Is Child Obesity Child Abuse?"

"My daughter is 6yo and has CP. She’s been getting botox injections every few months for 2-3 years, and it does make a difference. It’s important, of course, for the doctor to inject in the right places in the legs (because of the complex way the muscles work together for walking), but it really helps with her walking. It’s kind of funny, though, how if your a kid with CP that needs botox for walking, you have to jump through the hoops, but if you want botox for wrinkles, you can pretty much walk in off the street and get it." -- spam_nachos on "Botox Helps Kids With CP (No, Not With Wrinkles)"

"I saw the episode and thought is was funny and smart on the creators part. When I went back to school the next day people were acting like it was some kinda funny disorder. Its not" -- TSKid44 on Tourette Syndrome on South Park"

"My daughter has been using Botox for several months. The one thing to keep in mind that I was not told about, is that after injections, you should have your child in extensive therapy. I was told that without the extensive therapy and stretching, that you are pretty much wasting your time and putting your child through unnecessary pain because the muscles will go right back to the way they were before the Botox. Maybe this is why my daughters’ seem to be wearing off too fast." -- Jenessa on "Botox Helps Kids With CP (No, Not With Wrinkles)"