My Niece is Making a Huge Mistake with Her Child. I Fear the Consequences of Not Speaking Up.

1 week ago

My Daughter Isn’t Into the Healthy Hobbies Young Girls Should Like. It’s Time to Get Serious.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. You’re characterizing your daughter in a negative way, diminishing her genuine interests and erroneously claiming they’re harmful while bemoaning her lack of interest in the activities that other girls like. Yes, the recommendation is that kids should get 60 minutes of moderate-to-intense physical activity daily, but she’s probably getting that in gym, …

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1 week, 4 days ago

This "Youngest Sibling" Is Retaliating Against Her Family's Mistreatment in a Major Way

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. You could also ask her what it is she thinks her friends like about her, to help her think through the fact that they probably appreciate so many things that have nothing to do with whether she’s “popular.” Through all of this, maybe you can help your daughter recognize that the friendships …

Kids Friends Care Way Think Things Know

1 week, 5 days ago

When I Found Out I Was Having A Daughter, I Made A Vow To Myself. Keeping It Has Been Harder Than I Realized.

Huff Post

The author with her husband and daughter, who is clearly thrilled about being photographed. And while I’ve sometimes resented the way weight was addressed by my family as a child, the dieters of the ’90s were themselves victims of a toxic diet culture, and their resources for other ways of approaching body image were limited. I dove into the world …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

The Woman’s Mother Is Making Up Whole Lies to Avoid Visiting Her Family

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. If she’s routinely helping to care for your sister’s kid, that might make travel more challenging, but she should still be able to talk with your sister and plan ahead for the occasional trip. Dear Care and Feeding, * Your letter signoff Your pronouns Your email Submit Dear Care and Feeding, What …

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3 weeks ago

My teenage daughter's new interest might be a responsible one but I'm concerned about where it's coming from

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. While playing tag, my 4-year-old “Ana” wasn’t watching where she was going and ran into a woman sitting on the ground with a nearly full bowl of beef soup. Dear Care and Feeding, I’ve never started a meal train before and I’m looking for advice on what families like and what is …

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1 month ago

My Sister Has Had a Difficult Time Having a Baby. But What She Just Demanded Left Me Stunned.

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. Dear Care and Feeding, My older sister “Anita” and her husband have been trying to have kids for the last four years, but unfortunately, each of the five pregnancies they achieved ended in miscarriage. While I’m not in a hurry to have a baby in the immediate future, and it’s …

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1 month ago

Importance of early years care emphasized

China Daily

The National Health Commission has recently issued two guidelines aimed at bolstering early childhood development services and enhancing infant nutrition and feeding practices, as part of a broader initiative to cultivate a birth-friendly society. "It is important to provide services to promote early childhood development and guide caregivers to establish scientifically sound parenting behaviors … so as to lay a …

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1 month, 1 week ago

I Got an Emergency Call From My Daughter’s Husband. When I Arrived, My Daughter’s Reaction Terrified Me.

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. I’m getting older, I don’t like to drive at night, and work very intentionally on maintaining my own mental health—both to be able to respond to her if I’m needed and also for other reasons. I think you could greatly benefit from seeing a therapist with expertise in your daughter’s …

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55 years, 3 months ago

We Left Our Kid With My Sister for a Week. When We Got Back, He Was Unrecognizable.

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. While we know this is common for a 5-year-old boy, it’s tough to address, especially with many parents around us following “gentle parenting” and disapproving of discipline. She explained that she had “fixed” Stewart’s behavior while we were gone. He learned commands like “sit,” “hold,” “quiet,” “come,” “hand,” “walk,” and …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Parenting advice: My daughter's two close friends suddenly turned on her.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Recently, Jane’s mom called me and said that Jane and Cara had been hanging out, when Cara told everyone that my daughter was bullying Cara, and violating her and Jane’s bodily autonomy. She started to backpedal, saying she was trying to help Cara through some jealousy over my daughter and Jane’s friendship …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

DEAR JANE: I thought something I did to my son as a baby made me a good parent. Now I'm terrified it'll ruin his adult life

Daily Mail

Dear Jane, My son just turned 17 and I'm starting to get very worried about a bad habit he has developed. By the age of one, he would begrudgingly eat plain things like pasta, but he refused vegetables and almost anything with too much flavor. Dear Jane: I thought something I did to my son as a baby made me …

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2 months ago

My Mother-in-Law Claims She Likes Being My On-Call Babysitter. Her Husband Says She’s “Lying.”

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. Dear Care and Feeding, When I went back to work and our kids went to daycare after our second baby two years ago, my mother-in-law volunteered to provide emergency sick-child care for us as long as the kids weren’t puking and she didn’t need to manage any medicine beyond acetaminophen/ibuprofen. …

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55 years, 3 months ago

Help! The House My Daughter Wants to Buy Is in a Terrifying Neighborhood. She Refuses to See It That Way.

Slate

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. —Concerned Mom in California Dear Concerned, You need to voice your concerns—about your daughter’s physical well-being—in a way that is separate from voicing your suspicions. My sisters, however, made a huge production with their grief and keep judging our father and me for moving on “too soon.” We didn’t celebrate her birthday or Christmas …

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2 months, 1 week ago

My Daughter Went to a Friend’s House for a Play Date. She Can Never Go Back There.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. We recently invited one of these friends, “Carla,” over for a playdate; in return, Jane was invited over to Carla’s father’s house. —Don’t Want to be Rude, But… Dear Don’t, As far as I’m concerned, there is no polite way to take your child home from a playdate soon after she arrives. …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Help! My Sister Just Dropped the Bomb That She’s Pregnant. And She Expects Me to Take Care of Them Both.

Slate

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Well, my sister actually pushed me, and if our Dad hadn’t gotten between us, we might have gotten physical like we did as kids. —Baby Bomb Dear Baby Bomb, Your sister is struggling with taking accountability for her choices, and she’s trying to push the discomfort of doing that work onto you. —Daughter Trouble …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

My Mother Has Made a Ridiculously Unreasonable Demand About Her Visits With My Toddler

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. When I suggested that my mother try some earplugs to reduce the impact of not only any loud noises Erin might make but also any ambient noise in general, she became angry and said she wouldn’t be back until I found a “realistic” solution. But of course you’re right that …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

I was brought up in a ‘clear-your-plate’ household… and it never did me any good

The Independent

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Food Children Eat

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sometimes as a parent, you just have put your phone down

CNN

CNN — Editor’s Note: One Small Thing is a new series to help you take a simple step toward a healthy, impactful goal. I can’t tell your emotions when you’re talking to me while on your computer.” “When it makes more of a difference is when I ask you a question,” my older daughter said, “because it feels like you’re …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sometimes as a parent, you just have put your phone down

CNN

CNN — Editor’s Note: One Small Thing is a new series to help you take a simple step toward a healthy, impactful goal. I can’t tell your emotions when you’re talking to me while on your computer.” “When it makes more of a difference is when I ask you a question,” my older daughter said, “because it feels like you’re …

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I was brought up in a ‘clear-your-plate’ household… and it never did me any good

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Should you force your child to eat everything on their plate?

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

I Found Out My Stepdaughter Is Running an OnlyFans. I Want to Show Her My Approval.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. I doubt she’s seeking your validation, but it could be helpful for her to hear that a parental figure stands by her without judgment—just be clear that you came by this information unbidden, that you obviously haven’t looked at her page, and underscore your intention “to make her feel welcome and cared …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

My Nephew Said Something Unforgivable to My Daughter. My Sister Won’t Do Anything About It.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. My sister doesn’t understand why my parents’ house is different, and I can’t really explain it; my daughter just feels safer there. My mom convinced me to drop it, telling me that it didn’t really matter what my daughter called her, and that one day she would be old enough to understand. …

Family Care Your Child Her Son Think Daughter Your Daughter

3 months ago

Handing your child chocolate to quell their tantrums? Study says it is more harmful than you think

Hindustan Times

Parents often manage and control their children’s behaviour and emotions with food. However, a study published in the journal Appetite revealed how these feeding behaviours, which may seem harmless, can skew a child’s relationship with eating, leading to habits like emotional overeating. The research by the University of North Florida examined how parental regulation of eating behaviour shapes children’s relationship …

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3 months ago

My Monster of a Step-Niece Just Caused a Major Family Blowup

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. My family only sees Polly during holidays and some weekends, but I don’t remember one instance where she hasn’t acted out. If the decision was made to ban Polly from family events, I wouldn’t challenge it; on one hand, it seems unfair to basically ex-communicate a child from her family, …

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3 months, 1 week ago

My Kids Have Started Exploring Grown-Up Foods. But My Family Wants to Stand in Their Way.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. —No More Chicken Fingers Dear Chicken Fingers, You are each trying to accomplish specific goals: She wants to save money and not have an aggrieved daughter in the process, and you want to keep encouraging your kids to explore foods without losing the momentum you’ve established. I said something along the lines …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

I Decided to Teach My Young Nephew an Important Lesson During a Round of Pool. Uh, I’ve Been Uninvited to Christmas.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Dear Care and Feeding, I have a 21-year-old nephew, “Marcus,” who I’ve never been extremely close to, due to distance and other logistics. As we were leaving Marcus’s dad came up and handed me a check and said, “Here, we are even, but if you think you are coming to our house …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

My Mom Is the Perfect Grandmother. But I Can’t Ignore Her Fatal Flaw Any Longer.

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. She’s deeply religious, though that in and of itself of course isn’t bad, but as happens in today’s politics, she’s also slipping down the conspiracy rabbit holes. —Didn’t Drink the Kool-Aid Dear Didn’t Drink, Smiling and nodding isn’t doing you any favors, nor is it preserving the relationship—you are already …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

I Don’t Want My Ex-Wife’s Trashy Ways to Rub Off On My Daughter

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. My daughter has recently gained weight, and I think it’s from a bad food environment at her mom’s house. You worry that your daughter’s weight gain is due to “a bad food environment,” but it sounds to me as if her mom has helped her embrace a healthy family activity and she’s …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Help! We Adopted Our Niece When My Sister Died. I Never Imagined She’d Turn Out Like This.

Slate

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. We didn’t do anything for our son’s wedding other than attend and his sister has never asked for help like this before. My daughter and my son say they are done with their cousin and will not attend the wedding if they’re invited. —Wedding Question Dear Wedding Question, You’ve already done great by your …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Parenting advice: Why should I have to convince my baby’s grandma about her allergies?

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. I offered to host and make food in a safe way, but I was told no and that I’m ruining Thanksgiving for my daughter by refusing to spend it with my family—awful things to say when I’m trying to keep her from getting sick. I can’t risk her getting sick because my …

Thanksgiving My Daughter

4 months, 2 weeks ago

My Sister-in-Law’s Food “Sensitivities” Have Gotten Out of Hand

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. She doesn’t recognize it as an eating disorder and claims she has “food sensitivities.” At first, she was just gluten-free, but she now avoids dairy, nuts, random unrelated meats, certain fruits, and some vegetables. My husband’s family enjoys going out to dinner, but my brother says they can’t go out …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Parenting advice: The election has left my daughter in a very dark place, and I’m afraid I can’t help.

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. I think it’s important to recognize that for a lot of young people, his reelection feels like not only the worst kind of déjà vu, but also alarming and even personally threatening—because it is. But young people who feel that way now aren’t wrong, so I don’t think “make the …

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55 years, 3 months ago

My Sister-in-Law Has an Alarming Attachment to Her Son. It’s Ruining Her Life.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. A family friend offered her a part-time job and she skipped out twice the first week because she couldn’t stand leaving her son in daycare. —Soggy Sister-in-Law Dear Soggy, He’s only “nearly 4,” he interrupts a lot, and wants to go to the bathroom with his mom? You weren’t inside the marriage, …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

My Sister-in-Law Got Rid of My Daughter’s Nasty Habit. I Was Appalled When I Learned How She Did It.

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. Jude told me that her aunt told her that although people sometimes think it’s cute when a pretty girl burps, farts, or makes poop jokes, a less attractive girl doing the same thing is just seen as gross and is disliked, particularly by boys. —Don’t Miss the Burping, But… Dear …

Think Jude My Sister

4 months, 3 weeks ago

5 essential tips for parents to foster healthy screen time habits in toddlers

India Today

How to pacify a screaming toddler? ESTABLISH CLEAR LIMITS Healthy boundaries concerning screen time for a child must be placed at an early age. INTERACTION WITH THE CONTENT Share a show, an app, or digital content that needs to be interactively experienced together, turning screen time into a shared experience. Spending some quality family time playing board games or going …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

How to be a good parent in the modern age: Forget everything you've been told, says a top psychologist. Here's the science-backed truth about screens and sugar - and exactly how to tell your child off

Daily Mail

Love, firm boundaries, consistency, quality time, praise – and of course discipline when needed. Even those whose children have turned out pretty much as they expected tend to be fixated on things like the way their children don’t love reading as much as they do. This focus on habits morphs into a core parenting assumption as they get older: we …

Parenting Children Parents Child Way Your Child Told

55 years, 3 months ago

Parenting advice: My teenage niece’s bullying of my kid has finally gone too far.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. The final straw happened when Erin tried to take my daughter’s Switch, and they got physical. Let your husband and your in-laws know that you aren’t changing your mind and Erin isn’t welcome until there is proof that her behavior has changed for the better. Talk with your daughter about your in-laws’ …

Parents Care Daughter Your Daughter Know My Son Husband

5 months, 1 week ago

My Friend’s Son Just Tried to Make a Highly Inappropriate Move on My Daughter. Next Time, It Could Be Worse.

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. We found out because Cole came to tell us that Andrew was “being inappropriate.” My friend made Andrew apologize to Harper, and she spoke to Harper separately as well. I know kids can be curious, test boundaries, and so on, and this story could have been so much worse, but …

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55 years, 3 months ago

Puberty Has Hit My Niece Hard. She’s Taking It Out on My More Fortunate Daughter.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. You can’t control her cousin’s behavior, but you can try to limit the damage as much as possible, listen to your child, affirm whatever she’s feeling, and make sure she knows she has your support. He can take the kids to New York himself if he really wants to do that, and …

Family Kids Child Care New York Your Child Daughter

55 years, 3 months ago

My Family Has Been Forcing Me to Keep an Untenable Secret, and I’m About to Explode

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. There’s no reason for you to feel shame; you and your ex are amicable, your kids are doing well, and you’ve even managed to find a new partner. She wanted the roller coaster, and “it wasn’t fair!” I told Mary that we could do the roller coaster twice but not another ride …

Family Kids Care Feel Partner Her Partner Your Sister

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Can a Grandma’s Love for a Baby Be Toxic? Because My Mom Is Really Scaring Me.

Slate

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. There’s a chance my husband and I might move away and I worry that her intensity of feeling will escalate and we’ll start hearing, “You can’t take my granddaughter away from me!” I could use advice about setting boundaries in this space and handling grandparents with attachment issues, while also …

Love Kids Life Child Play Mother Your Child

55 years, 3 months ago

My Husband’s Mom Tried to Cut Me Off. Now She’s Come Crawling Back.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. My husband had a challenging relationship with his mom—it sounds like she was extremely loving and supportive during his childhood, but changed after both her sons grew up and after she divorced Mark’s dad. She never attempted to have a relationship with our daughter before Mark died, and I don’t know how …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Help! My Girlfriend’s Daughter Just Crossed a Major Line in My Home, and All Hell’s Broken Loose.

Slate

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. When my partner got home, I told her what happened and that I didn’t want her kids here until they could do the minimal civil behavior. —Please Call First Dear Please Call, I am of the belief that there is nothing wrong with expecting adults to behave like adults, and no, I don’t think …

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55 years, 3 months ago

My Wife Insists on Controlling Every Parenting Decision. She’s Forcing Me to Be a Deadbeat Dad.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. You hit the nail on the head with these two sentences: “Apparently, we don’t agree on what is important and what is not, and I don’t know how to bridge that gap.” “I feel like she is unfairly putting me into the role of the stereotypical ‘out-of-touch dad.’” Putting myself in your …

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7 months ago

Help! My Miserable Witch of a Grandmother Is Sucking the Life From My Family.

Slate

Each week in the Tuesday column, Prudence asks readers for their thoughts on a question that has her stumped. —Kids Aren’t a Retirement Plan Dear Retirement Plan, You don’t know what to do because you’re asking yourself, “What should I do to fix this situation for my mother and uncle, who have a totally different set of priorities and values …

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7 months ago

My Son’s Friend Flaked On a Special Event. Now My Son Wants to Retaliate.

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Dear Care and Feeding, My son “Arthur” has a friend “Rayan.” They’re both 10 years old and get along really well. —Despondent Dad Dear Despondent Dad, If you want to avoid a situation like this in the future, the first thing to do is recognize what you already said: Rayan’s family can …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Is My Friend Body Shaming Toddlers?

Slate

On this episode: Jamilah, Elizabeth and Zak help a listener who’s wondering why her friend is body shaming her own toddler so intensely — not to mention our listener’s kid, too — and what to do about it. We’ll also debrief with a round of parenting Triumphs & Fails — and we’ll share an update on the tricky question we …

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