My Brother Married a Writer. She’s Used It as an Excuse Their Entire Marriage.

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. I’d venture to say that if Grace has been writing “for years,” and her writing is a priority for her, she is most likely not only an actual writer but also a pretty typical one. He’s spoken openly of wanting to keep the business in the family, and was very disappointed when our only child, “Ryan,” wasn’t interested in joining the family business. Ryan, however, has three children now, all in their teens, “Rose,” “Toby,” and “Kyle.” Toby is the only one of the trio who has shown any interest in Grandpa’s safe-making business, and he comes around the office pretty frequently, asking all sorts of questions about how things work. And with the kids’ parents’ help, figure out a way to make this offer to Toby when the time comes without leaving the other kids feeling “less than.” You two might go into this conversation prepared with some options that seem sensible to you, but prepare to hear out the concerns of Toby, Rose, and Kyle’s parents.