The Mother-in-Law Con
Help! My mother-in-law is an honest-to-God criminal, and my husband wants her to move in with us.
Help! My mother-in-law is an honest-to-God criminal, and my husband wants her to move in with us.
A reader wants to know how much is too much when it comes to managing new friendships for her tween after switching to a new school.
I hope that someday my children find life partners who make them happy. I hope that I’m setting a good example for them to figure that out, too.
We teach our children to reach out to the new kids at school, but do we do it ourselves for new moms in the community? A manifesto for embracing other mothers.
Is sadness a bad thing? Kristen Chase talks about letting feelings out to let them go, with the hopes that they’ll find peace and that she will too.
A reader reaches out for advice on how to stay connected to her best friend (who also recently became a new mom) in the face of some life changes for both of them.
It can be hard for things to return back to normal after the kids return home from a visit with the other parent. A mom shares her hard-earned words of wisdom.
A mom-to-be needs impartial advice on how to handle her husband who is holding out hope that his mother will change stop being mean towards her once her baby is born. How can she protect her feelings and her baby from her toxic mother-in-law?
A mom needs help dealing with dealing with her abusive father in light of her family ignoring the problem completely and especially now that she has kids of her own.
A mom is unexpectedly moving cross country and it is leading to loads of anxiety because of other pre-planned commitments. She needs help prioritizing her attention. We have advice.
A mom needs advice on how to handle her difficult relationship with her mother-in-law who also helps care for her young kids part-time. The DIL very much feels like she needs a break from her MIL, but is her plan the right way to go?
A mom needs new advice on how to handle her relationship with her husband which takes a turn for the toxic when even talk of her in-laws enters the conversation let alone visiting them.
Teaching kids about love and happy relationships when we’re still figuring it out ourselves.
As much as single moms might not want to admit it, there’s a fear of being alone. Kristen Chase shares her own worries about finding love again.
I’m trying to develop friendships with other families now so our kids will have a network for support later.
Turning 45 forced me to accept that ominous “middle age” label, and to think about what matters to me now (and what has changed over time).
An expectant mom is being dragged into her divorced parent’s toxic relationship during the final weeks of her pregnancy. How can she continue to set boundaries during her final pregnancy weeks and during the labor and the postpartum period?
We RSVP’d to their wedding…and then forgot to actually attend!
How do you know when you’re in love with someone? Kristen Chase ponders what that means after years of failed relationships and marriages.
An expat is very upset that her side of the family wasn’t able to join her for her wedding ceremony now that she lives as an expat overseas. She’s contemplating yet another wedding when back in the States; what is the etiquette for that?