High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Our Children, Ourselves" is the twelfth episode of the second season of the American television comedy series, Modern Family and the 36th overall episode of the series. Executive producers Dan O`Shannon and Bill Wrubel wrote the episode, and Adam Shankman directed it. The episode originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on January 12, 2011. It featured guest star Mary Lynn Rajskub as Mitchell`s ex-girlfriend.