My son wants to know when our life will “go back to normal.” I don’t know how to tell him it won’t.
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, Just under four months ago, I learned my now-ex-husband was having an affair with a woman at his office, and I divorced him. The problem is that we have two kids, aged 1 and 5, […]
Do you have a mother wound? Here’s how to heal it
It’s not hard to find examples of dysfunctional mother-daughter storylines in pop culture. Think Pride and Prejudice’s marriage-obsessed Mrs Bennet, Matilda Wormwood’s neglectful bingo-addict mum, and the protracted mother-daughter battles of Everything Everywhere All At Once. The vexed bonds and painful rifts in mother-daughter relationships are rich fodder for creative work because they persist so […]
We’d finally figured out how to handle my brother’s kids. Now they’re moving to our town.
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My brother and his wife have “Alfonso” (15) and “Gabriel” (16), who really don’t get along. The boys are both autistic with different needs. Alfonso is easily overstimulated by bright lights or loud sounds, and […]
How To Do Less For Your Kids: 3 Things That Help Anxious Parents Hover Less | Elaine Taylor-Klaus & Diane Dempster
Parents ask this question all the time: “I can see my kid struggling, so how do I help without enabling them?” It’s a fair concern. Most parents swing between two extremes. Some push too hard, convinced they know what’s best, and end up frustrated when their child resists or shuts down. Others step in too […]
Gaslighting can mar holiday gatherings. Here’s how to identify, avoid it
Gaslighting in your family can be disguised with loving and caring messages that seem to demonstrate warmth and interest. Your aunt may ask: “Did you find that special someone yet? You know, you could talk to a professional about how to date,” leaving you feeling insecure and second-guessing yourself. Gaslighting can also be overtly aggressive […]
My husband’s family has a history of alcohol abuse. I need to protect my children.
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My husband and I need to talk to our children about drinking culture and alcoholism before we visit his family, and I’m at a complete loss. My husband and I are from different countries. We […]
How to handle awkward comments and conversations this Christmas
Ah, Christmas. There’s nothing like tearing into a few presents … and then your argumentative uncle. While your Instagram feed says the holidays are about joy and love, for many people Christmas is a time of managing tricky family members, inappropriate comments and probing questions. “When any groups gather there are going to be mixed […]
How to talk to your kids about the Bondi Beach shooting
It is difficult enough to process news of the Bondi Beach shooting as an adult, but how do you even begin to explain it to a child? Fifteen people, including a child, have been killed in the terror attack. This is what three psychologists say about how to talk with your kids about it. ‘Be […]
Lenore Skenazy: How to raise confident kids in an age of anxiety | TED Talk
The secret to reducing childhood anxiety is actually quite simple: just let kids do more stuff on their own, says Lenore Skenazy, cofounder and … Source link
How to Lean on Jesus When You’ve Lost Your Job
Coping with job loss is one of life’s challenges, perhaps unparalleled in its ability to test one’s faith. Writing this article seems timely for me, as my husband and I have just experienced this exact scenario. I found out on Thursday that my contract was ending, while my husband was blindsided by termination after a […]