What are your strengths as a parent? And how about your weaknesses?

What's your biggest challenge as a parent?

Questions...

I have been posting questions on parenting and children on twitter... My aim was to trigger new thoughts on parenting issues. Since I already have two blog accounts, I have decided to post the questions on this site as well to provoke (hopefully) discussions here or there to help us parents and adults to remember what it was to be kids... So here is the first question:

Do you remember any birthday gifts you received as a child? Which one was your favorite and who gave it to you?