In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who finds strangers to sometimes be intrusive.

I like to chat with other moms when I travel. I've received some of the best parenting tips that way. These strangers' advice has helped me learn to accept my supporting role as a mom. It's also ...

I travel often, and whenever I do, I always ask moms of older kids (teens and older) the same question: Looking back, what are you grateful for that you did as a mom, and what would you have done ...