Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, I recently discovered what I still can’t believe: My in-laws have been allowing our 15-year-old son, “David,” to drink beer at their house. Apparently, this has been going on for months! The worst part? My husband, “Walter,” thinks it’s no …
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Family dynamics can be complicated, and misunderstandings are bound to happen. But when malicious intentions and health problems enter the picture, even small incidents can lead to serious consequences. And there’s a post on the subreddit r/JUSTNOMIL by platform user ImNotAWitch-ImUrWife that describes how dangerous these scenarios can be. The woman says she has mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), a …
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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’s parents get along about as well as oil and water, but last weekend their bickering caused a major upset for our 6-year-old daughter “Alicia,” ruining her birthday party at our local kids’ fun center/arcade. My father-in-law went to …
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My in-laws live a four-hour flight away but visit us five to six times a year. They’re both retired and enjoy traveling. My husband and I are parents to their only grandchildren, and they claim they love spending time with …
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A California man accused of killing his wife and in-laws and dumping his wife’s remains in a trash bin has died by suicide in jail, according to his lawyer and law enforcement sources. Samuel Bond Haskell, 37, was arrested in November 2023 in connection with the killings of his wife, Mei Haskell, her mother, Yanxiang Wang, and her stepfather, Gaoshan …
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