Just Say No (To Forced Hugs)
A toddler’s mom needs help approaching her daycare provider about helping her daughter respect her friends’ personal spaces.
A toddler’s mom needs help approaching her daycare provider about helping her daughter respect her friends’ personal spaces.
Should I put up a No Soliciting sign or save my sanity? Ah, neighborhood etiquette.
Unsure about whether 13 Reasons Why on Netflix is okay for your teen? My teen and an educator help me break it down for parents who have concerns.
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?
A sister and new mom seeks advice on how to handle her brother’s hurtful dismissiveness towards her and her infant son. Can the relationship be saved?
When a mother-in-law’s grief triggers extreme boundary issues with your nuclear family. What do you do?
A new mother is struggling on how to honor the birth (and loss) of her daughters via birth announcement, after one died soon after birth.
A mom experiencing secondary infertility asks how to deal with the conflicting feelings of jealousy and sadness she experiences when her mom friends get pregnant and she doesn’t.
How to set boundaries for grandparents. But, with love.
A reader asks for help in coaching kids to speak out against racism and other issues at school in a succinct way.
Should a mom commit to being a matron of honor at her BFFs wedding cross country when it’s so soon after her due date? What is realistic travel for a new postpartum mom?
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?
A mom wants to prepare herself for when her “medium-aged” children start asking about SEX. She’s looking for books as good resources, and advice on approaching the topic with younger kids.
Ah, the politics of the delivery room guest list. An expectant mom needs help on setting boundaries with her overbearing mother-in-law.
It can be a bummer to let a babysitter go (and have to find a new one!) but sometimes it can be an important life lesson for your children.
A mom is in financial need of being showered for her second baby but is concerned about the baby shower etiquette and politics of the South. Amalah helps out with some ideas.
A reader fears she screwed up by letting her son wear non-gender-conforming clothing outside the house. I thinks he needs to cut herself some slack.
A reader asks for help with a tricky situation: a best friend’s child with developmental issues is bullying her own child.
A family childcare situation is putting a lot of stress on the kids and the parent in charge. The stressed-out mom needs some advice on how to handle this sticky situation.
A mom to a kindergartner is asking whether she needs to start talking to her kids about current events now that her child has started school?