the story of 12yearold brianna moore being suspended last week for something her parents said she could do hit a little close to home for me i have gotten my child in trouble more than once for my own behavior when mom and dad say yes but teacher says no the most prominent press for jennifer westfeldts recently released movie friends with kids was a new york times magazine friends with marriages friends with kids today the hardest and most painful part of my job as a mother is teaching my now nineyearold son that others fear him for the color of his skin and that their fear renders him vulnerable my son could be trayvon martin