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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. My husband and I agreed after our son was born that we were “one and done.

The first few years of parenthood is a huge adjustment, especially if you're a working parent. All of a sudden, your baby is walking ... and talking. Then they turn three, and demanding to know why you have to leave them to go to work. While transition moments (e.g.

There is no shortage of parenting advice in books and on the Internet, much of it conflicting: for instance, “Do sleep train your baby” versus “Don’t, under any circumstances, sleep train your baby.

Body positive ways to encourage the joy of movement.

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. I need some help gaining perspective on my 15-year-old child’s whiplash approach to gender and sexuality.

During a child's early years, parents often look for signs that demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude or competence in an activity, field or topic. Maybe their kid runs faster than others, or solves advanced math problems with ease, or has a keen sense of music and can sing on key.

The milking of children’s literature is now a dairy industry. Movies, in particular, continue to pump away. You might think that every drop has been wrung from the classic texts, yet still, unceasingly, fresh adaptations emerge.

Humor is a powerful tool in a parent's arsenal. But it's good to think about whether a dad joke is used to lighten the mood, or maintain distance.

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.

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. I have a concern that is very delicate, and I don’t know how to address it with my daughter—or if I should address it.

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. My nephew Nicolas is 9 and only plays video games. He wakes up around 2:00 pm doesn’t brush his teeth or shower and begins playing games.

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. My wife and I both work in well-paying, corporate jobs.

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. My brother-in-law seems to be professionally unhappy. No matter what is happening, he can find the negative in every situation.

Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding from Jamilah Lemieux every week. I know this is usually a column for parents, but today I have a question about parents. I’m in my 30s and live about a three-hour drive from my 60-year-old parents—we once used to live in the same town.