Relationships
Can a Marriage Survive an Affair During Pregnancy?
A new mom is struggling with a very difficult relationship issue and is looking for some outside perspective.
Relationships
When Family Lets You Down
A reader feels like her family has let her father down by not coming through on a birthday party project. She’s very hurt and angry. Is she overreacting? What should she do now?
Relationships
Corrosive Favoritism
When parental favoritism by in-laws is making its way overseas and exacerbating family drama.
Relationships
Parents, A Friends Getaway Can Be Good For Your Life
Life with kids can feel like a hamster wheel. Spending some time with friends (no spouse and no kids allowed) can be an amazing way to recharge.
Relationships
Brother Jekyll & Uncle Hyde
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?
Relationships
Mother-in-Laws, Grief & Boundaries
When a mother-in-law’s grief triggers extreme boundary issues with your nuclear family. What do you do?
Relationships
How to Handle Kid-Hogging Grandparents
When do super-involved and loving grandparents cross the line to monopolizing and need boundaries? Yes, that can happen.
Relationships
The Dreaded Grandparent Pop-In & Camp-Out Visit
How to set boundaries for grandparents. But, with love.
Relationships
A Wedding Do-Over?
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?
Relationships
What I Know About Divorce and Children
From a matrimonial and family lawyer with over two decades of experience, here are her suggestions regarding children and divorce and what you should know.
Relationships
How Something Good Can Come From Firing a Babysitter
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.
Relationships
New Baby Thank You Notes: How Soon Is Not Soon Enough?
How long after a newborn gift should one *reasonably* expect a thank you note from the parents?
Relationships
Can This Childcare Situation Be Saved?
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.
Relationships
Two Baby Names, One Baby
A baby is being called by her middle name, but not everyone in the family is doing so. Should her parents let the issue go or get the family on the same page?
Relationships
The Alcoholic Mother-in-Law and Grandmother
What do you do when you’re concerned about your mother-in-law’s alcoholism and its effects on her health and the family relationship. Do you intervene even though she’s not YOUR mom?
Parenting
Beyond Date Night: Nurturing Your Partnership Amid Life/Parenting Frenzy
A reader asks for advice on finding the time/ways to focus on her marriage amid the craziness of constant parenting other other life demands. It can be done!
Your Life
This is a Story About a Bunch of “Probably Nothing”s
There’s nothing like a few little health scares to make you think about your assumptions and the future.
Relationships
Friendships in Peril
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.
Relationships
Co-Parenting in an Unhappy Relationship
A mom to a toddler thinks her daughter’s father is a wonderful co-parent but not a great partner. She’s wondering whether her unhappiness is a result of relationship growing pains or a bigger problem.
Relationships
What to Do When Grandparents Play Favorites
Grandma is playing favorite amongst the cousins when it comes to gifts but addressing the issue is not as straightforward as you would think.