A random collection of articles, blog posts and other stuff I recommend reading:
Scary Mommy: 10 People Who Make Parenting Harder
Wendy Keller: How to Fight Fair: What to Do When People Get In Your Face (could’ve used this advice when I was at the paper)
Capture Your Summer: How to Turn Ordinary Moments Into Extraordinary Photographs (Inspiring stuff here, especially for a girl with a new SLR to play with 🙂
Huffington Post: Centralia, Pennsylvania Fire Still Burns
Wine & Bowties: Where children sleep (eye-opening, but possibly a little editorialized, eh?)
A Touch of Cass 
Ummm…but you totally do # 9. 🙂
9. The parent who knowingly sends their sick kid to school. We’ve all been there. Having a sick kid is inconvenient and annoying and a complete pain in the ass, but exposing that sick kid to the rest of the class is committing the worst parenting crime. You just don’t do it.