Moms Talk: Choosing a Guardian For Your Kids

Welcome back to Moms Talk, a feature that is part of a new initiative on our Patch sites to reach out to moms and families.

Each week in Moms Talk, our Moms Council of experts and smart moms take your questions, give advice and share solutions.

Moms, dads, grandparents and the diverse families who make up our community are all welcome to weigh in and use the discussion forum as a resource. Each week, we'll pose a question and solicit feedback on a wide array of issues, but you should feel free to suggest questions you'd like to see discussed as well.

This week, our discussion turns to choosing a guardian for your kids. Here's our discussion question, submitted by Bethesda Patch Mom's Council member Anh LyJordan, based on a New York Times parenting blog.

Whether it is because of the sheer enormity of dealing with our own mortality, or because it is just plain hard to make a decision like this, my husband and I have struggled with identifying a suitable guardian for our children.  Today's blog post from one of my favorite parenting blogs highlights some of the difficulties associated with making the decision of choosing a guardian, and also addresses the reality that circumstances change, and your choice for guardian might also.