We have decided on the topic of parenthood and parenting for the next few months. We’d love to hear what you have to say about…

…Instilling confidence and responsibility in our children. We know we could profit from the ideas of other parents along these lines. Some possible themes could include financial responsibility, time management, and dealing with friendship/inter-personal conflicts.

We would love not only to hear from parents talking about parenting, but also from children and what they think about parenting.

As always, you should not feel constrained to write only about this topic. We’d love to hear anything at all that you are interested in.

I am just pulling out a few random topics from a concept we wrote a few months back. If you (that is you, reader of this entry) want to send in a piece concerning one of these topics, we would be honoured. Seriously!

• Behind every Successful Man: … stands a successful woman or an army of women?
  Explore the motivation and means used to create these Successful Men.

• Women in a Man’s World: in politics, science, journalism, and economics ─ professions where women are still a rarity. Who inspired them to choose their profession and what kept/keeps them motivated?
  
  
• Online networking: the ins and outs of female networking online
  
  
• Best Friend/ Worst Fiend: stories and discussion groups exploring what makes a best friend, and the flip side of the coin.

This is a list and short descriptions of various posting you can write at any time:

• Best 10 Lists: favourite books, favourite authors, sexiest bachelors, funniest moments in television, movies, most touching moments in movies, Worst 10 Lists: the worst untruths politicians have told, the worst movies, songs, lyrics, etc.
• Guess Whose Coming to Dinner: make up the guest list of your choice for your dream dinner party - with people from both past or present.
• Amelie Game: your current three likes and dislikes.
• A day in the life of the president: if you could accomplish one task in this role, what would it be? World peace is excluded… that’s for beauty contest competitors :-).
• If I could knock on any door: if you could sit in and observe anyone in the world doing their job, which door would you knock on (e.g. the executive office of Green Peace International, the executive director’s office of Harpo Productions (Oprah’s company), captain of a barge on the European cannels, San Diego Zoo veterinarian).
• You might find this hard to believe: write up three short stories about strange and wonderful things that have happened to you. But here's the catch - only two of them are true. Our readers have to guess which one is false.