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Boys Just Wanna Looksmax
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (98+ words) Rooted in racism and eugenics, the movement risks normalizing a new kind of masculinity that's barely even human. Boys Just Wanna Looksmax "Looksmaxxing" has jumped from incel forums into the mainstream. Choose your preferred player: Get Your Slate Plus Podcast…...
My Wife Has a Disturbing Theory About Our 2-Year-Old
16+ hour, 18+ min ago (19+ words) Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here....
My Mother-in-Law’s Method of Dealing With My Toddler’s Tantrums Is Traumatizing
21+ hour, 23+ min ago (176+ words) I am a psychiatrist and mandated reporter who works with children and families. For years, I have had troubling experiences with Child Protective Services and assumed they reflected overwork and burnout. I believed California CPS "social workers" were licensed clinicians…...
I Caught My Daughter Reading My Favorite Book. Uh, I’m Not Sure I Should Let This Slide!
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (232+ words) I recently found one of my favorite novels under my 13-year-old daughter's pillow. Great, right? I'm not so sure! I recently found one of my favorite novels under my 13-year-old daughter's pillow. Great, right? I'm not so sure! My mom…...
I’m About to Have My First Baby. My Mom Just Dropped a Baffling Bombshell.
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (85+ words) Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. I really wish that your mother had chosen to communicate with you about this in another way, without the weird guilt trip....
I Missed Out on Something Crucial as a Child. I Can’t Let That Happen to My Kids.
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (496+ words) Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years'so today we're diving into the archives of Care and Feeding to share classic parenting letters with our readers. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. I have…...
A Well-Meaning Rule Is Sweeping My Kid’s School. It’s Ruining Parents’ Lives.
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (930+ words) A Well-Meaning Rule Is Sweeping My Kid's School. It's Ruining Parents' Lives.Slate On a recent Sunday morning, I got a text from a friend asking if we were going to Henry's birthday party later that day. Henry (whose name…...
My Son Was Being Disgusting Online. My Solution Has Had Unintended Consequences.
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (95+ words) My Son Was Being Disgusting Online. My Solution Has Had Unintended Consequences.Slate You should also talk to him more about his forum posts you found and why they upset you so much. If you don't think he's "ready for…...
Every Time I Walk Into My Son’s Room, I’m Confronted With Something Unsightly. This Is Getting Out of Control.
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (425+ words) So he stopped wearing clothes. More than once, when I'd come in, I got treated to a full-frontal from my own son as he just spun around in his chair. And instead of apologizing, he had the temerity to ... Care…...
My Brother Made Our 10-Year-Old to Go Down a Dark Internet Rabbit Hole. He Saw Something Unspeakable.
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (668+ words) My Brother Made Our 10-Year-Old to Go Down a Dark Internet Rabbit Hole. He Saw Something Unspeakable.Slate Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding,…...