How to Respond to Dumb Things People Say to You When Pregnant
Unsolicited comments on your pregnancy can often feel like insults. Here’s how to handle rude people and their rude behavior.
Unsolicited comments on your pregnancy can often feel like insults. Here’s how to handle rude people and their rude behavior.
Gift registry etiquette is always a sticky subject and even more so when the guest of honor is coming in from out-of-state.
Concern about keeping young kids safe around a family dog has led to lots of family drama that could have been avoided. Can family peace be restored?
How to deal with unsolicited opinions about family size.
Dear Amy, I don’t know if you’ve answered this before and I’m sorry if you have, I’ve been reading your blog for the past 7 months since I got pregnant and stumbled upon it. My older brother died 3 years ago and all of my…
What is the role of the babysitter? Are they just there to care for children or should they be doing light household chores too?
A mom needs encouragement to confront her family about its aggressive dog being around her young children.
My young son is disturbed by the gun videos the older boys on the school bus are showing him. What should I do? Am I overreacting by wanting to contact the school?
A mom wants advice on whether she should let her toddler son wear the pink shoes he wants to don because she is scared he will be picked on by other kids?
I told my mother-in-law that her tradition of playing Santa before Christmas might be confusing to my young daughter and now she’s upset. What should I do?
My newborn has colic and now my family is hanging out without me! Are postpartum hormones just making me oversensitive? Please help.
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 first-time mom has lots of anxiety about her relationship with her child’s pediatrician and needs help deciding whether she should find a new one.
Expectant parents are debating how to handle childcare arrangements for their toddler when they’re in the hospital for childbirth. They’re at a stalemate over grandparent childcare.
“The Easter Bunny’s not real, right?” How do you handle these kinds of questions with your children? Do you think some kinds of lies are okay to tell?
A mom is really happy with the care provided by her kids’ in-home daycare provider. However, she is concerned about the lunch and snack options they are offering her toddlers. Is she overreacting and what are her options?
An expectant mom is right to be concerned about her soon-to-be-born infant being around her non-vaccinated preschooler nieces and nephews. What should she do?
How do you know when it’s time to dump your doctor? And short of moving to Southern California and begging for a spot in Dr. Sears’ practice, how do you make sure you “mesh” with the new doctor?
My pregnant sister-in-law just told us her baby’s name…which is the same as ours. I’m due first. Can I ignore her calling “dibs” on the baby name?
A new mom needs help on whether and how best to intervene when her in-laws kids visit for the holiday dinner.