!” whenever I tell her (or even ask her) to do something. Dear Care and Feeding, I’m a 35-year-old single woman and last year I began have a panicked feeling that my time was running out to meet someone and have kids. Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and Feeding, I have three elementary-age children and am currently going through an amicable divorce. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Dear Care and Feeding, I have three young kids, two of them young elementary age. Dear Care and Feeding, My 6-year-old daughter has taken to sobbing, “You’re bossing me!! Dear Care and Feeding, It’s college-selecting time for my 18-year-old. When I asked her, she just said that all the kids in her class were annoying. One is a state college 30 minutes away. My soon-to-be ex recently became fanatical about tattoos and has collected over a dozen large ones in less than two years. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Not knowing how to answer (and frankly, new at this), I answered with the truth. When asked if she talks to him and why he thinks she is there, he says that she has to get something from his room, and she wants to put something on his foot. Dear Care and Feeding, My 2.5-year-old grandson has been having a recurring nightmare for the past week and a half. We own and have lived in our house for four years, and about a year ago, some new neighbors moved in a few houses down. No hugs and kisses. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife and I and our 4-year-old son were out to dinner last week. Dear Care and Feeding, I have a very low-stakes question, but it’s on my mind every day. His widow moved to this country as an adult and has only her mother here who lives with them. slate.com - Jamilah Lemieux. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Have a question for Care and Feeding? My son is a normal, active little boy, and it’s hard for him to sit through a whole dinner, so we let him explore the restaurant a little. Dear Care and Feeding, My 16-year-old daughter is out (as bi) to her friends and immediate family, but not to her grandparents. Dear Care and Feeding, My son is 6 and starting first grade remotely. Dear Care and Feeding: He prefers to have her on his lap, spoon-feeding her, and gets annoyed if she touches the food or gets it on her clothes—but refuses to put on a bib. While I was having dinner the other night with my mother-in-law, she asked point-blank if she’s gay. Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook … I'm 7 months pregnant with my first child and ready to transition from books about pregnancy and childbirth to books about parenting. Nicole answers questions from a mom whose husband might be too controlling with their 18-month-old. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Dear Care and Feeding, I have a 28-year-old daughter who has an autoimmune condition that makes it difficult for her to walk (if she’s having a flare-up). He wakes up very upset saying there is a lady in his room. I’m rarely around kids, so I’d love some perspective on an issue that’s driving me nuts! Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding from Jamilah Lemieux every week. Overall, he is a bright and happy kid. Computers were something they’d played games on but had never used for lessons. I’m an almost-30 only child to an overbearing single mom. Have a question for Care and Feeding? She’s always been overbearing, but this is too much. I have no kids, and in spite of all I read in this column, I’d still like to be a parent in the future. Parenting advice on gift grief, bossy girls, and reading woes. ... Dear Care and Feeding: My Mom Won’t Stop Harassing Me About Coming Home for Christmas. Dear Care and Feeding: We used to be affectionate with each other all the time. slate.com - Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. She’s awful, and my husband won’t do anything about it. I really miss that connection. Dear Care and Feeding, I’m a 29-year-old straight cis woman. I’ve been saying, “I’m your mom! I have been seeing a counselor since last September about it, and she has helped me sort through my feelings and look at my options. Dear Care and Feeding, I've been putting this question out to friends and Facebook groups, but realized I should ask my favorite parenting columnists as well. She has been accepted at four universities and has it narrowed down to two. It was a medium-nice restaurant, not fast food, but not super fancy either. It is my job!” This obviously infuriates her. Dear Care and Feeding, Before quarantine, my 8-year-old daughter had no friends in her class, but was friends with a bunch of kids in her grade, so I didn’t think much of it. He adores his 2-year-old sister and has a few close friends. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. slate.com - Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. It isn’t bossing! I am a teenager with a question about the parenting I have received. Parenting advice on COVID, pain thresholds, and screen time. For years, I have been unsatisfied in my marriage for very typical reasons. I have a wonderful 22-month-old son, and as I lie with him at bedtime while he falls asleep I tell him the usual things: I love you, I’m right here. My husband of three years and I moved this year across the country for work, and my mom has not stopped holding it against us. Parenting advice on reckless MILs, religious disagreements, and toy shaming. slate.com - Nicole Chung. I have always dreamed of having a large family, and we even agreed on having more kids early on, but due to various circumstances (mostly financial), after our first 2 children, he opted to have a somewhat permanent procedure done. Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and Feeding,I am a single mom to an 11-year old daughter. Dear Care and Feeding: How do I save my daughter from her materialistic greed? Up until around age 7 or 8 we were pretty physically demonstrative and would hug and kiss, and I would pick her up and carry her around. I have three wonderful, adorable young children. My parents are very much of the attitude that if you have a problem, then you have to fix it. Parenting advice on criticizing co-parents, teenage know-it-alls, and pandemic weddings. My question is about getting on the same page with my partner about this. Parenting advice on work-life balance, vaccines, and tweens. 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