No matter how hard we try, we can always use some help, or at least some people with whom we can share ideas, as we take on the most important job in our lives -- raising our children. This blog will be a place where some Citizen parents will offer their observations, and they certainly hope some readers will contribute their own ideas. The goal is to create online discussion for local parents.

Jeremy Boyer, the paper's editor, will reveal his experiences trying to take charge of a toddler who knows what she wants and when she wants it under the blog name "Our little boss."

Click here to check out November and December 2008 blog entries and reader comments

Look for fresh postings from each of these bloggers at the top of The Citizens' Say postings below: