The Best of Confessions From the Carpool Line

Editor's note: Don't worry, Confessions From the Carpool Line columnist Susan Spillman will be back next Monday.

In the meantime, here's a look back at some of her finest moments. Click on the headlines below to read more.

From acting as guinea pigs for ADD medicine to getting stuck with cereal while the kids eat steak, dads are hardly the king of the castle.

This Encino parent has had enough of TV news and talk shows using Sheen's meltdown as a ratings booster.

Even though everyone from Barney the dinosaur to etiquette experts extol the virtues of using those magic words, a lot of people don’t these days.

You don’t have to be a kitchen slave to serve up a fabulous holiday celebration.

I used to wonder, who'd ever go on a reality show? But the question really is, who doesn't want to?

From laundry to homework help, well-meaning moms everywhere make mistakes.

Looking at my nearly six-foot little boy makes me so proud, happy and sad, all at the same time.

This Encino mom and her daughter bravely taste and review a host of odd-sounding offerings from dill pickle Pringles to bacon-flavored popcorn.

it’s Hollywood’s way of bolstering profits, in an era of declining ticket sales.

From their embarrassing questions to those spot-on observations, the under-8 set can say anything and get away with it.