Dear Care and Feeding: At the end of my rope

[cereta]

Link.

( Cut for the advice as much as the letter: child abandonment )

Ask a Manager: should I write a list of rules so a colleague treats me decently?

[minoanmiss]

(The lede is 6 feet down here. Contains: volunteering, sexism in practice regardless of what is in anyone's heart, autism.)

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[conuly]

Dear Meghan: How can we help and be better parents to our strong-willed preteen son? We just had an explosion about how his younger brother is so perfect, and we prefer him and let him get away with everything (the age-old story!). There is no doubt we parent them according to their ages and personalities — younger brother has a more easygoing demeanor and is receptive to … well, nearly everything. He’s simply easier to parent. Our older child needs more reminders about our family rules and has always been more bristly in general. We’re giving him more independence to handle things (school, sports) on his own, but he resents when we do need to step in.

We celebrate both children’s accomplishments. They are great athletes in different sports, and they both play different musical instruments — although the younger brother has been playing his instrument for longer and puts more work into it, so he’s having more success. I think we could do a better job of one-on-one time with the older one.
— Tween Troubles

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