more about: kids
Your Kid Saw Porn Online. Now What?
With more kids browsing the Internet at younger ages, an article today’s New York Times warns: ”Your child is going to look at porn at some point. It’s inevitable.” Now what? That’s the opinion [...]
Rude Kids: How to (Politely) Put a Stop to It
This week’s question comes from a reader named Jill, who is getting increasingly exasperated by the rude behavior of one of the children in her carpool. “Everyone always says ‘it takes a village,’ yet [...]
Give Me That Babysitter, I Saw Her First!
“Dear Michelle: I complete disagree with your column saying a friend is wrong for not sharing a babysitter. NO WAY! It’s hard enough to find a reliable available sitter,” wrote a reader named JACM1234. [...]
How Do You Handle a Determined Lip Kisser?
As far as I’m concerned, there are two kinds of people in life: those who kiss you on the lips, and those who kiss you on the cheek. ACCEPTABLE LIP KISSERS Your spouse/romantic partner [...]
What Your Babysitter is Thinking
In this month’s issue of Real Simple, a reader wrote to say that her friend told her to find her own babysitter, instead of sharing. “You said this person was not being a true [...]
How I Spend My Day: the Dream vs. the Reality
Do you ever get to the end of the day and ask yourself, “OK, where did that one go?” I feel like I do frequently, and not just when I’m particularly sleep deprived or [...]
Let’s Put an End to This
Ellen Seidman is a woman I worked with years ago when we were both editors at Glamour. While we were working together (well, not actually during work hours, but during the years we were [...]
Dad to Daughter’s Laptop: ‘Bang Bang, You’re Dead’
In the eight days since a fed-up North Carolina dad who shot up his teenage daughter’s laptop with a .45-caliber pistol uploaded a YouTube video that documents the incident, more than 25 million viewers—parents [...]
Do You Eat Your Kids’ Leftovers?
One of the devils I didn’t feel applied to me too much was little devils—a.k.a., eating your kids’ leftovers. Yes, I do have a toddler, but she eats pretty much what we eat, so [...]
The Drum Teacher Says I Remind Him of the Mother on “Modern Family.” Is This an Insult?
My middle son has a wonderful drum teacher. His name is Josh and he is a musician and seems to have boundless energy. He is also a lot of fun, and really appreciates Middle’s [...]
