Rebecca Farley is a New Orleans native and mother of two—one newborn and one bonus child. She is the author of the new musical The Schmidt Sisters: A Revolutionary Situation. A Recipe for Good Parenting When you like a dish, you ask the cook for the recipe. As a new mom, I applied the same logic to parenting: I asked the mothers of my friends—my oh-so-delectable friends!—for their best parenting advice.