Talking is easy; Real communication is much harder. In my daily communication, I feel like I’m captaining the Titanic, hitting the iceberg and abandoning ship, only to return and raise the sunken boat from the icy, deep ocean with all my emotional strength… again… and again…. Despite my best efforts, I keep making similar mistakes, […]
Being a mom is hard, but being a single mom is even harder. Michelle Dempsey-Multack (@themichelledempsey) is on a mission to help single moms learn how to co-parent and move on. Dempsey-Multack, a well-respected certified divorce coach, has used her personal experience and knowledge to help women all around the world. With a social media […]
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and Feeding, I have a 5-year-old son who is an only one and we’re planning on keeping it that way. My husband and I love being […]
Dear Care and Feeding: My Son Is Losing the Only Thing That Brings Him Joy Content Locked for Slate Plus members Dear Care and Feeding: I’ll Never Get Back Together With My Ex. I Still Want to Have His Child. Dear Care and Feeding: My Whole Household Changes When My Stepdaughter Is With Us Dear […]
Those of us with ADHD are good at many things — but finding and sustaining a definite long-term career path, not so much. Telling us that “we can be anything we want if we put our minds to it” is akin to dropping us in the middle of the sea and telling us to swim […]
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and Feeding, My ex and co-parent has PTSD and has been going through a particularly rough patch, recovering after a drug relapse, and is in a […]
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, I have a 7-year-old daughter, “Bea,” and we live two houses over from her best friend “Stacy,” so the same age. The two girls go to school together and frequently stay over at […]
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, Two close friends of mine have a kid who’s kind of a brat. Forget “please” and “thank you,” he won’t even say hello to us. I tolerated this behavior when he was little, […]
Sister Wives’ Kody Brown recently cameo sharing some parenting tips with a client. However, he began his video by admitting that he didn’t consider himself a very good parent. However, his opinion of his parenting skills didn’t stop him from offering the client service. Based on his way of speaking, it sounded like this was […]
Care and Feeding ist Slates Kolumne mit Ratschlägen für Eltern. Zusätzlich zu unserer traditionellen Beratung stellen wir jeden Donnerstag eine Auswahl von Lehrern aus dem ganzen Land vor, die Ihre Bildungsfragen beantworten. Haben Sie eine Frage an unsere Lehrer? Senden Sie eine E-Mail an askateacher@slate.com oder posten Sie es in der Facebook-Gruppe Slate Parenting. Meine […]
Pflege und Fütterung ist die Beratungskolumne von Slate für Eltern. Haben Sie eine Frage für Pflege und Fütterung? Senden Sie es hier oder posten Sie es in der Slate Parenting Facebook-Gruppe. Liebe Pflege und Fütterung, Ich passe ziemlich regelmäßig auf die beiden Töchter meiner Schwester (7 und 4) auf. Ich bin kinderlos und meine Nichten […]
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and Feeding, My son “Adam”, age 18, has had a major attitude shift over the past several months. For most of his childhood, Adam was an […]
