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 and I went on a second honeymoon and left our two kids, “Sara,” 8, and “Simon,” 12, with my husband’s brother and his family while we were gone. The other day, I overheard Sara arguing with Simon over some …
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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, My sister is married to a fundamentalist Christian idiot. Three weeks ago, he brought a homeless man to live with them because “it’s their Christian duty.” “Homeless Hank” has so far stolen from them, urinated on a neighbor’s lawn, used drugs in their home, and brought in shady people who …
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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, I recently bought a rock on eBay for my wife for her birthday (she has an extensive collection). The thing is, my wife has a tendency to find out what I’m going to give her no matter how well I hide her gifts. So I asked my brother-in-law, “Blake,” if …
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