Dear Julie: “I Can’t Afford to Hang Out With My Friends Anymore”
DAME’s Friendkeeper advises a woman whose BFFs have priced her out of group activities and helps a businesswoman negotiate with a pal involved in a Ponzi scheme.
Kids
Dear Julie: “I Keep Saying the Wrong Thing to My Trans Friend”
DAME's Friendkeeper helps defuse a woman's anxiety over her close pal's transition, and shows a mom how to manage other hypercompetitive parents
Does Bedtime Have to Be Such a Nightmare?
Getting a kid to sleep through the night, in his own bed, is nearly every parent's dream. Are we just too exhausted to make it come true?
My High School Faked a Massacre
After Columbine, the writer participated in what was then a rare simulated shooter drill. Today, they're an all-too-common practice even preschoolers are subjected to.
Dear Julie: Advice About Body Image and a Play Date Gone Wrong
DAME’s Friendkeeper gets real about women’s weight talk and helps a mom deal with the parent whose son shunned her kid.
I Agree With “America’s Worst Mom”
Our rampant fears have us literally policing one another’s parenting. What price do our kids pay for this overprotection?
Can Kids Deal With Death?
In the wake of her mother’s funeral, our columnist knows that talking about death and dying with your children is about as dreadful as it gets. But it doesn’t have to be.
Is There a Trick to Making Halloween a Treat?
Our columnist takes a nostalgic look at our most kid-centric holiday and why it has so many of today’s parents crying "boo."
Dear Julie: Advice About an Enabler and a Kid-Hating Friend
DAME’s Friendkeeper knows just what to do with a healthy-habit saboteur and helps a mom handle a pal who can’t stand her children.
Dear Julie: Advice About Social Poaching and a Friend’s Alcoholic Ex
DAME’s Friendkeeper tackles the nuances of friend stealing, and how to help someone whose former drink-happy husband is still her kids’ drunk dad.