When is it okay to leave your child at home alone?

Your emails have alerted us to many *new* parenting worries.  (Thanks – we do read every single email from you.) We have also wondered when it’s OK for a child to get a cell phone (or not). And we share your worries about the frightening rise in bullying at increasingly younger ages. And we understand [...]

My ex is dating a convicted murderer. Say what?

We took a deep breath when read this email yesterday from a single mom who wrote to us in shock: “This morning my daughter and I were chatting about Daddy’s latest girl friend. This new girlfriend has two girls who attend the same school as my daughter. Apparently they ‘hooked up’ at Back to School [...]

When Dad unexpectedly appears

“I had my daughter with a man who left us when she was a baby,” a single mom wrote to us this week. Maybe you can offer her some advice about this very familiar dilemma? Thanks! “My daughter, who’s now eight, has asked about him, and I’ve explained that  he was simply not ready for [...]