Baby
Update: When Daddy’s Been Drinking
An update from one of our most memorable Advice Smackdown columns: The pregnant mom faced with a husband in rehab on her due date.
Baby
Sleep Training Wars
My husband is adamant we should sleep train our 4 month old; I say she’s still too young. Who’s right?
Food & Home
When Dinnertime Becomes a Dinnersaga
My husband is a terrific (yet overly ambitious) cook. So we’re eating dinner at 9 p.m. — or even later. There’s got be a way to streamline the family dinner process!
Pregnancy
Pregnant & Abroad
I’m pregnant and live overseas, but want to come home for my third trimester and the birth…with or without my husband.
Your Life
The Mother-In-Law From Under the Sea
Another day, another horrible sea-monster of a mother-in-law. How to handle a difficult mother-in-law and preventing bad repercussions on your marriage.
Parenting
Housework & the Stay-at-Home Parent
What’s a fair and realistic division of household responsibility when one parent stays home and the other works outside of the home?
Parenting
Breaking the Couch Potato Habit
Ideas for filling that post-kid-bedtime block with activities OTHER than falling asleep in front of the TV.
Big Kid
Hello Teenagers, Goodbye Romance
Having teenagers in the house is a solemn death knell of romance for the parents. And they’re not even sorry about it, either.
Parenting
Setting a Romantic Example for Your Children
I hope that someday my children find life partners who make them happy. I hope that I’m setting a good example for them to figure that out, too.
Relationships
Disagreeing on Number of Children: Dealbreaker?
A young bride-to-be is distressed because she wants to have four children and her fiance wants two, maybe three. Should disagreeing on family size be a dealbreaker?
Relationships
On Motherhood and Marriage Regret
Kristen Chase talks about motherhood and marriage regret, and how giving ourselves permission to step outside the box might be the key to personal happiness.
Relationships
Single Mom: Where Is The Love?
How do you know when you’re in love with someone? Kristen Chase ponders what that means after years of failed relationships and marriages.
Postpartum
Post-Baby Foodshaming
A new and breastfeeding mom is being food shamed by her husband for her increased appetite and postpartum body. She needs help on talking to him.
Money & Work
To Budget Or Not To Budget
A mom needs help talking to her husband about her wish to get at budgeting and financial planning. How can she start this conversation with him given that it’s a charged topic for both of them?
Toddler
On Sleepovers & the Silent Treatment
Sleep deprived parents are divided on whether their young toddler is ready to sleep over at his grandparents’ and it’s led to marital strife.
Relationships
Help! We’re Moving & Driving Each Other Crazy!
Next month, my husband and I are moving our small family about an hour away from where we are now. My husband and I are taking very different packing approaches in how we’re preparing for his this move and we’re driving each other crazy because of it. How can we make this go smoother for our sanity?
Relationships
Helping a Spouse (or Significant Other/Partner) in Crisis
You can feel very helpless when a spouse (or significant other/partner) is in crisis. And it’s not always clear how to help them. But there is actually something you can do.
Relationships
Having a Midlife Crisis? Here’s What To Do.
When you think of a midlife crisis, you think of a guy who goes out to suddenly acquire a sports car and a trophy wife. But women have midlife crises too. And here’s what to do about it.
Relationships
Father (Thinks He) Knows Best
A mom is starting to climb out of postpartum depression and is having a hard time getting her husband’s support for alone time for self-care.
Your Life
Getting a Night Away: Why Parents Should Try To Make It Happen
Sure, you keep saying you and partner need some time away from the kids but here’s why you really need to do it.