Relationships
Three Kids & a Wedding
A mom needs advice on how to handle a family destination wedding situation with her three small kids. Should she bring all, some or none of her little ones? Kids and weddings are always tricky.
Relationships
The Secret Wedding and Not-So-Secret Baby Shower
An expectant mom is incredibly stressed about her new in-laws potentially attending her upcoming baby shower. What can be done? First, we need to get to the root of the mess.
Relationships
Delivery Room Abandonment Threat
An expectant mom has some serious familial and relationship issues that are causing her stress and leading to depression.
Relationships
Breaking the Pregnancy News to a Broken Relationship
We have advice for an expectant mom on how to break the pregnancy news to her older sister who is insecure about her own standing in the immediate family.
Relationships
Belated Pregnancy Announcements & Family Facebook Fights
A pregnancy announcement very close to the due date yields a surprised message from a family member. But is the expectant mom overreacting?
Baby
The Dog Ate My Baby Name
What do you do when a baby name you have been keeping private is coincidentally used by an immediate family member for their new dog? Do you keep it or find a new one?
Relationships
Postpartum Visits, Boundaries & Massive Family Drama
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?
Relationships
When Your Partner Takes Your MIL’s Side
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.
Relationships
How to Make Changes When Your MIL Won’t Change
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?
Relationships
Abusive Father, Abusive Grandfather: Ending the Cycle of Abuse
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.
Relationships
The Toxic Mother-in-Law & a Band-Aid Grandbaby
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?
Parenting
Making an Interfaith Marriage Work and Surviving the Challenges That Come Later On
Practical ideas from experts on how to make an interfaith marriage and family work through the years.
Pregnancy
A Pregnancy & a Parent’s Prognosis
An expectant mom’s father is very ill and because his prognosis is not good she’s debating the merits of announcing her pregnancy sooner rather than later.
Big Kid
Five Great Tips to Help Older Kids Share a Room
Got tweens or teens siblings sharing a bedroom? Five great tips to make living together more peaceful and enjoyable!
Relationships
Kids & Pets & Family Dog Drama
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?
Big Kid
To Bra or not to Bra: With Sons, That Is The Question
A reader says her husband thinks she can no longer go braless at home because their sons are growing up. I have a few things to say about that.
Relationships
MIL (and Grandma) Issues: Is Two Strikes Enough To Be “Out?”
A mom needs advice on handling her alcoholic mother-in-law and her relationship with the grandkids and herself. She wants her out of their lives but is does that have to be the first step?
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.
Health & Safety
When Your Family Is Anti-Vaxx
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?