Allison Price

1 week ago | slate.com | Allison Price

Care and Feeding Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My 8-year-old daughter, “Frida,” recently went to a sleepover at her friend “Ally’s” place. Ally’s mom had to unexpectedly rush her sister to the hospital to have a baby, leaving Ally’s workaholic dad in charge. Ultimately, he spent the evening in his office and didn’t supervise the girls very well.

1 week ago | slate.com | Allison Price

Skip to the content Where to Go for Grout-Related Matters Care and Feeding Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My daughter “Sylvia” and her cousin “Lana” are both 10 and go to the same school. School is now out for the summer.

2 weeks ago | slate.com | Allison Price

Care and Feeding 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 “Clay” and I have two kids, “Rey,” who is 8, and “Tiana,” who is almost 4. It took a lot of convincing before Clay agreed to have a second child. He was never particularly happy that Tiana was a girl, and he hasn’t taken much interest in her. Clay spends much more time with Rey than he does with Tiana.

2 weeks ago | slate.com | Allison Price

Skip to the content Snuggled in a Light Sauce Care and Feeding Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, I live and work in a very small town, isolated from any other populated area by a treacherous two-hour drive. Many in my town are connected families—as in, we are practically all cousins, although some are more distantly related than others.

3 weeks ago | slate.com | Allison Price

Skip to the content Care and Feeding Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My 18-month-old has a lovey (stuffed animal). But he doesn’t know that we really have three of the same one. They are all in rotation, and every couple of days, we wash the one he’s using and give him a clean one. However, I worry he’s getting old enough to notice some small difference between them.