High maintenance kids.(TWO VIEWS ON MOTHERING)(Brief article)

Jealous of your friends with "easy" babies? Here's good news. Recent studies show DNA plays a significant role in how children respond to their parents. One study, reported in Newsweek, discovered that children with mild temperaments are least likely to act like their parents and absorb what their parents teach them. Kids who are fussy or super sensitive are actually more strongly shaped by their parents.

Caryn: When Carla first showed me this tidbit, I nearly jumped for joy. No one ever accused my kids of being easy-going, and it's nice to see a silver lining in the storm clouds that hang over the homes of strong-willed kids.

But then I started to get …