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Michelle Herman

Fiction Writer, Essayist and Columnist at Slate

Advice Columnist at Slate Parenting Newsletter

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Articles

  • My mother-in-law keeps telling us we're failing our daughter in a major way. Enough!

    4 days ago | slate.com | Michelle Herman

    Skip to the content Entangled in This Digital Mess 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, “Mason,” and I have a 6-year-old daughter, “Evelyn,” who is the joy of our lives. She is an only child and we are satisfied with keeping it that way.

  • I did a nice gesture for my sister-in-law. I had no idea it would set off my family like this.

    5 days ago | slate.com | Michelle Herman

    Care and Feeding Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. Have a question about kids, parenting, or family life? Submit it here! Dear Care and Feeding, My sister had her first child when I was 18 and her second when I was 20. (She’s eight years older than I am.) She lives a little over an hour from me, and we’ve always had a good relationship.

  • My daughter finally gave the neighbor's kid a taste of his own medicine. But she might've gone too far.

    1 week ago | slate.com | Michelle Herman

    Skip to the content A Perfect Mix of Slapstick and Sardonicism 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, The other day my 8-year-old daughter “Riley” was playing in the front yard with her visiting 5-year-old cousin “Eliza” when she got into a fight with our neighbor’s son “Eric,” who is also 8.

  • I Hadn’t Heard From My Dad in Over a Decade. Now He’s Returned With a Brazen Request. I’m Actually Considering It.

    1 week ago | slate.com | Michelle Herman

    Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. Have a question about kids, parenting, or family life? Submit it here! Dear Care and Feeding, My mother and father divorced more than 10 years ago, when I was in eighth grade, after my mother learned my dad was cheating on her. Once my parents split, my father married his affair partner, “Ruth,” and moved out of state. They ended up having two kids, who are now 8 and 5.

  • My sister’s boyfriend has wormed his way into everything my family does. I’m about to snap.

    2 weeks ago | slate.com | Michelle Herman

    Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My sister and I (both in our late 20s) each live more than a three-hour flight away from our parents. We both visit our parents regularly and we take trips together too. Recently, my sister started dating “Dave,” whom she works with. Dave is a bit of a pain.

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