Good news for Parenthood fans -- according to Entertainment Weekly, HitFix, TVLine, and other online sources, NBC has renewed Parenthood for a fifteen-episode fourth season. The show, while beloved by many parents of kids with special needs for including a boy with Asperger syndrome and his family as part of the sprawling Braverman clan, has never been a huge hit, and every renewal season comes with a certain amount of fingernail-biting for the fans. Looks like you can safely stop nibbling and look forward to more episodes ... though it hasn't been announced yet where it will pop up on the schedule, or how long into the season we'll have to wait for it, so switch your worries over now to that. To celebrate the renewal, why not write a review of Parenthood or share what you love about it?

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Sunday is Mother's Day, and whether you're looking for an inspirational or humorous way to honor a special mother, or just want to give yourself a little laugh, I've got some easy, fun, and free options to play with:

• A dozen Coupons for Special Moms, including the one above, that you can print, cut, and give (or give them to yourself, and insist your family honor them as your gift)
• Twenty-eight free print-and-fold-able Mother's Day cards featuring Love Notes for Special Parents
• A Mother's Day wish list for moms of parents with special needs that dispenses with the jewelry and flowers and gets to what we really want
• Readers Respond pages for writing your tribute to a special mom or special grandmother.

What would you really like for Mother's Day? Share your secret wishes on the Readers Respond page.

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I asked you to tell about your child's experience with bullying, and three parents have now shared their upsetting and infuriating stories of abuse at the hands of peers.

• Reader ProudParents told of her six-year-old being bullied on the bus. "He had to endure both the bullying of another child and unfair treatment of administrator in the school. He expressed to his private counselor that he felt like he was all alone and nobody had his back. I cry just remembering those days."

• Reader Lele recounts five years of abuse suffered by her child with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and ADHD. "We went to the principal, wrote letters, and spoke to the school board. Needless to say, no further actions were taken. We were blatantly ignored due to the students being in special ed. We have documented all incidents that have happened for our records. We talked to our child and ensured that it is never ok for anyone to treat her as such and that she should tell whenever someone hurts her."

• Reader Jane V told of her sixth-grader's assault by a classmate who couldn't "'handle' him because he acts different. He repeatedly taunted him at school. Finally on a Sunday he asked neighbors to pinpoint our house, came to our house and assaulted him. He threw J to the ground and kicked him in the face, neck and chest." The school's answer was to remove the victim from the class that worked for him and keep him in at recess. The parents' solution? A new school.

If your child has had an experience with bullying, share them on the Readers Respond page for bullying. There are also pages to share your child's experience with restraint and seclusion.

More on Bullying | More Readers Respond Pages

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So today is National Teacher Day, something it would have been good for me to mention yesterday, so you could have quickly printed out some Teacher Appreciation Certificates and made some brownie points at your kids' school. There's still a chance to do something positive for a teacher you respect today, though -- share that positive experience on the Readers Respond page here and then send a certificate tomorrow to let the teacher know what was done in his or her honor. With so many negative stories going around about teachers just now, it's a good time to speak up for the ones you don't want to secretly tape-record.