My Boyfriend’s Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
by Amalah
One girlfriend needs Amalah’s big sister advice.
“Green” Household Cleaning Products: Health or Hype?
by Amalah
How safe are the “green” house cleaning products? Amalah is on maternity leave so, Izzy Mom of the Smackdown Virtual Village steps in.
Confronting Speech Delays Without Family Support
by Amalah
“But Einstein didn’t talk until he was three!” What to do when your child has a speech delay and your family thinks you’re an overzealous neurotic nut?
Parenting Choices & Passive-Aggressive Mother-in-Laws
by Amalah
How to handle situations when you disagree with your own family members over parenting choices. When it is worth making it an issue and when to let it go.
Smackdown Updates IV: Botox, Wonky Periods & Depression
by Amalah
Not just your average cut-and-paste update-y job here, folks, if you’ll indulge me by reading on. One extra-fascinating update, one request for advice as one girl’s quest to maybe possibly get knocked up enters Chapter Two, and one email that proves that you guys are the best and that good things CAN happen when advice [...]
Housing Crisis: Staying With the In-Laws
by Amalah
Dear Amy, My question doesn’t have anything to do with beauty advice, but rather how to avoid seeming like an elitist snob when I’m at my in-laws’ family reunion this summer. You give such great advice and are a creative thinker; I thought maybe you could help me. Here’s the deal. My husband’s parents have [...]






