Housework & the Stay-at-Home Parent
What’s a fair and realistic division of household responsibility when one parent stays home and the other works outside of the home?
What’s a fair and realistic division of household responsibility when one parent stays home and the other works outside of the home?
The holidays are around the corner and my relationship with my husband’s family is a mess. How can I fix this? Should I fix this?
My mother is an addict. I gave her a chance to be part of my daughter’s life but she keeps breaking the rules and I can’t trust her. Now what?
I want to name my daughter after my grandmother. But I’m afraid people will think I named her after my sister. Yeah, it’s complicated.
What do you do when granddad has a girlfriend and your child doesn’t want to share attention, and honestly speaking you’re not ready to either?
This expecting mother is receiving hurtful comments from her future in-laws about their lifestyle and parenting choices (already!). Amalah provides some guidelines for navigating that tense relationship.
My mother-in-law will be caring for my baby daily when my maternity leave ends. How do I set-up appropriate boundaries and manage that tricky relationship?
A young bride-to-be is distressed because she wants to have four children and her fiance wants two, maybe three. Should disagreeing on family size be a dealbreaker?
An expecting mom needs help deciding whether she should tell her own needy mother that she’s pregnant. It’s a complicated and emotionally fraught relationship that she has with her mom.
A first-time expectant mom needs advice on how to manage her pushy family and in-laws before, during and after labor and delivery.
A new mother needs wants to know how to stick to her decision to keep away from her toxic family. We have some advice on where to start.
I may never know the “secret” to forging a successful blended family, but I will continue to quietly celebrate every small victory along the way.
This mom needs advice on whether she should consider the future use of a “dream” baby name that is also the name of her sister-in-law’s lost baby.
A heartbroken new mom needs advice on navigating her co-parenting relationship with her former partner.
An expecting mom needs help understanding whether the extreme guilt trip she is getting from her mom about postpartum visiting plans is justified or not.
Surviving divorce with kids can be a daily challenge, but when the holidays roll around, it’s a whole other ball of emotional wax.
A family member wants to gift her nephew the princess toys that he wants for Christmas and with which his immediate family doesn’t allow him to play. What can she do in this sticky situation?
How do you know when you’re in love with someone? Kristen Chase ponders what that means after years of failed relationships and marriages.
A mom needs help talking to her husband about her wish to get at budgeting and financial planning. How can she start this conversation with him given that it’s a charged topic for both of them?
A grandmother is being asked by her daughter to forgo “Grandma” for an alternative name to be called by her grandkids. She needs some advice.