Articles for Your Niece

I Cut Off My Parents for the Sake of My Sister. Now She’s Betrayed Me in the Worst Way.
1 week, 4 days ago

I Cut Off My Parents for the Sake of My Sister. Now She’s Betrayed Me in the Worst Way.

Slate  

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Around the same time, I found she was asking my grandma for money “to help with bills” when we actually didn’t need help—the money had gone straight into her pocket. My wife wasn’t too happy about that since it’s my ex-wife’s name, but it is a family name going back several generations …

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My Sister Keeps Asking Us to “Donate” to Her New Life as a Mom. She’s Up to Something Suspicious.
54 years, 11 months ago

My Sister Keeps Asking Us to “Donate” to Her New Life as a Mom. She’s Up to Something Suspicious.

Slate  

Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. The problem is, if you suspect your sister might be misappropriating funds anyway, she might have no problem paying those fees if it’s someone else’s money. If your niece doesn’t end up using it all, you can also change the beneficiary to another family member, like a sibling. An example of a script …

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Help! I Let My Adult Niece Live With Me and My Son on One Condition. She Already Broke It.
1 month ago

Help! I Let My Adult Niece Live With Me and My Son on One Condition. She Already Broke It.

Slate  

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. For example, I’m sure your niece understood that she would be responsible for dinner most evenings, but did she understand what time you expected dinner to be prepared and served? My project lead, who is a man and has a leadership team of all men, kept saying that I do a great job, but …

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Help! We Adopted Our Niece When My Sister Died. I Never Imagined She’d Turn Out Like This.
1 month 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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My Twins’ Pre-K has Unconscionable Plans for the Thanksgiving Program. Uh, No Way.
1 month, 1 week ago

My Twins’ Pre-K has Unconscionable Plans for the Thanksgiving Program. Uh, No Way.

Slate  

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Dear Care and Feeding, * Your letter signoff Your pronouns Your email Submit Dear Care and Feeding, My spouse is depressed, and I don’t know how I can help them. I ask what I can do to make things easier for them; they give me vague instructions—and then get mad at me …

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Help! My Buxom Neighbor Dresses Like a Stripper When She Jogs. I Want to Shame Her on Facebook.
54 years, 11 months ago

Help! My Buxom Neighbor Dresses Like a Stripper When She Jogs. I Want to Shame Her on Facebook.

Slate  

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. —Can’t Abide Runner Exposed to Neighborhood Dear Can’t Abide, Because you describe yourself as the kind of person who would post a photo of someone on Facebook to try to publicly shame them into wearing what you want them to wear while they’re IN PUBLIC, it’s difficult for me to believe that this woman …

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I Gave My Niece a Roof Over Her Head and Found Her a Job. What a Mistake.
3 months ago

I Gave My Niece a Roof Over Her Head and Found Her a Job. What a Mistake.

Slate  

Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. —Failure to Launch Dear Failure to Launch, Even though it sounds like your sister’s absence is weighing on you, stand firm and hold onto the boundaries you’ve already set. You can start receiving your Social Security retirement benefits at age 62, but it’s suggested that you wait until 67, the full retirement age, …

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My Niece is Making a Huge Mistake with Her Child. I Fear the Consequences of Not Speaking Up.
4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Slate  

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. And her mother said “this is all the child will eat!.” I’m concerned this is part of a pattern: my sister has told me other things about the situation with this child— no discipline, and no potty training. It doesn’t sound to me like you’re close enough to your niece to be …

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I Think My Niece Is Trying to Hurt My Baby
5 months, 4 weeks ago

I Think My Niece Is Trying to Hurt My Baby

Slate  

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. If my mother is holding my son, my niece will attempt to push him out of my mother’s lap because she wants cuddles. Your parents shouldn’t have taken your relative self-sufficiency for granted and let you raise yourself, and your sister sounds like someone who should have taken control of her own …

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I’m Watching a Concerning Pattern Play Out Between My Preteen Cousins
1 year, 5 months ago

I’m Watching a Concerning Pattern Play Out Between My Preteen Cousins

Slate  

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. It doesn’t feel good watching, but when I mentioned it to my aunt, she said “That’s just how they are” and “Isn’t it cute?” I guess it was, maybe, when they were 3 and 5, but I don’t think it is now, and it certainly won’t be if she thinks she needs …

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Help! I Caught My Niece Stealing from the Family. But I Have the Perfect Punishment.
1 year, 6 months ago

Help! I Caught My Niece Stealing from the Family. But I Have the Perfect Punishment.

Slate  

Every week, Dear Prudence answers additional questions from readers, just for Slate Plus members. Dear Prudence, Recently, I caught my 13-year-old niece stealing money from not only my wallet but my son’s piggy bank. My niece wanted to go to a sleep-away camp this summer that her mother can’t afford. Yes, as you said, “actions have consequences,” but the consequence …

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I’m Embarrassed to Tell My Girlfriend the Truth About My Financial Situation
54 years, 11 months ago

I’m Embarrassed to Tell My Girlfriend the Truth About My Financial Situation

Slate  

Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Dear Pay Dirt, I am 26 years old, and I don’t make much. But you say that you and your husband have clean boundaries around your money, so if you decide to help your niece in spite of this tantrum, you can do so—even if it’s only “a few bills.” If your sister …

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