How to turn “HE CAN’T RIDE HIS SCOOTER YET!” into “he can’t ride his scooter — yet!”
“Our culture is not your costume” is a pretty good place to start.
Before you make your point, make sure you’ve got his attention.
She won’t take a joking “no” for an answer, so give her a “no” that’s serious but kind.
Her husband writes an unnecessarily nasty letter. Her neighbor is unmoved.
Auntie takes the kids on globe-trotting adventures, but their mom gets Grinchy about gifts.
A reader pinches pennies to save for travel, but showers and other events cut into that.
Try to allow yourself to see them as flawed humans and maybe let yourself be one, too.
When a friend says 11 months is long enough to mourn your brother.
She wonders how she can protect herself and her kids if he won’t heed the doctor’s advice.
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