The Importance of Being a Good Parent

Sally Kohn: I remember a moment when a friend sent me a text message, we were sort of demoting the fact that our kids left their mouth papers totally crumpled mess in the bottom of their backpack. She was like, yeah, my daughter's backpack looks like a dumpster. It's a nightmare. But her next text was, I'm such a shitty mom. And so instead of laughing with her and be like, haha, we're all crappy moms, she wrote back to say you're actually an amazing mom. "I really try to lift up myself and other mothers and sometimes, and fathers too," says Kohn.