Relationships
Say No To the Stress When Moving Cross-Country
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.
Relationships
Don’t Call It A Comeback (Unless You’re a Mom, Then You Can)
Blindsided by an unsolicited comment? Here’s a handy cheat sheet with the perfect things to reply when you find yourself on the receiving end of a mom slam.
Big Kid
New School, Friend Blues: Navigating Lonely Tween Trouble
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.
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.
Big Kid
Teen to Teen: How to Support a Friend Who’s Away in Treatment
A teen writes in to ask how to best support a struggling friend who’s in treatment for an eating disorder and suicidal ideation.
Postpartum
The Postpartum Visitors of Doom
How do you tell your friends and family that you need your privacy and to maintain your sanity during the first weeks after the baby is born without being rude?
Preconception
Secondary Infertility, Sadness & Jealousy
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.
Pregnancy
Postpartum Travel: How Soon Is Too Soon?
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?
Parenting
Siblings Sabotaging Playdates? Ground Rules That Can Actually Help
Sibling rivalry can often ruin a playdate. Here are ideas on how to manage siblings during playdates so there is more fun and less tears.
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.
Big Kid
When Other Kids Suck the Joy Out of Beloved Activities
A reader asks how to help a teen stick out a difficult activity when the other kids are making things unpleasant.
Toddler
The Nightmare Babysitting Charge
A babysitter is stuck in an sticky situation. Her toddler babysitting charge has behavioral issues that his mom refuses to address and it’s negatively affecting her own children and animals. Since the toddler is a friend’s child she’s having a hard time knowing how to proceed.
Big Kid
Zen and the Art of Molasses Cookies
Through years of challenges, one cookie has steadied me every single holiday season. Is it magic? Maybe. I’m not going to rule it out.
Holidays
The Friendship is Really Over When You Stop Sending a Holiday Card
When do you know it’s time to take someone off your holiday card list? Or is sending cards a life time commitment?
Crafts
Back-To-School Friendship Bracelet Cards
These Friendship Bracelet Cards are perfect for back to school and handing out to new friends and older ones that we missed dearly over the summer.
Pregnancy
The Etiquette of Baby Shower Guest Lists
An expectant mom is being pressured to have a postpartum baby shower by her husband’s family and friends. What are her alternatives?
Pregnancy
What to Expect (From Your Infertile Friends) When You’re Expecting
An expectant woman is concerned about her relationship with her friend with infertility and the recent chilly reception she has be getting from her. She needs relationship advice.
Relationships
How To Make New Mom Friends
A FTM needs help learning how to talk to other moms in her Baby and Me Yoga Class. She wants to make friends with these other moms she sees, she just doesn’t know what to say.
Relationships
Single Mom: Family of Choice
Sometimes your family isn’t blood related, but rather, dear friends and people in your life who act exactly as you wish your family would.
Pregnancy
Bad Combo: Friendships, Pregnancies, and Jealousy
A pregnant reader is being shunned and hurt by a friend who is jealous and hurt because she and her husband have decided not to have children. She wants to know whether her friendship is salvageable?