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As 2011 comes to a close, Ive reviewed the lessons that TV parents taught us over the past 12 months. Some were insightful, some were delightful and others were dreadfully obvious.

*Warning: Mild spoilers about The Descendants* They live with us and see us at our best and our worst. They note when were curled up in a ball and ill, and when weve just gotten up in the morning, cranky, because we havent yet had our requisite cup of java. They witness our behavior when were happy and, in our lightness of heart, embarrass them by singing aloud all the wrong lyrics to pop songs, but only after having had that cup of java.

Once upon a time there was a girl whose life was saved by a charismatic prince who kissed her on the lips, awakening her from her lethal slumber. He would protect her and keep her safe.

This fall, it seems like most of primetime has gone baby crazy. Two TV shows have prominently featured main characters giving birth in the past two weeks and there’s also been a mini-boomlet in adoption storylines, including two stories involving same-sex couples.

NBCs “Up All Night” is the latest comedy to tackle how ones life is upended after you become a parent. And while it treads on the same ground addressed by other shows, including one of my favorites from the Stone Ages, “thirtysomething,” it does so in a thoroughly fresh way, circa 2011. The most recent episode of Christina ApplegateandWill Arnetts “Up All Night” focused on the couple trying to regain their sexual mojo, with Arnetts Chris leading the charge, trying to persuade his wife to ditch her sweats and her stained, ripped clothing the moment she gets home from work and instead don a silky cami and thong, even though she knows that shes got a sleepless night ahead of her courtesy of their infant.