I’ve decided to basically cut off my daughter once she’s finished with high school, which will be just over five months from now. She didn’t do anything wrong, I’m not eager to be rid of her, and I ...

The war’s outcome may be decided not in terms of which side unleashes the most firepower but rather which side outwaits the other in its tolerance of pain (as defined in the several ways pain is being ...

Each week, Prudence asks readers for their thoughts on the letters she’s received. Her reply will be available every Friday only for Slate Plus members. Re Pretty Confused: I was always ordinary, but ...

The ruling signals the court’s willingness to recognize more absolute parental rights, which, the justices claim, are rooted in our nation’s deeply rooted history and tradition. The six justices in ...

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For decades, federal veteran homelessness policy has tried to move away from institutional models like large inpatient facilities, long-term supervision, and other systems that strip people of ...

My mother is a difficult person. My younger sister is estranged from her. As the older daughter, I have always felt a responsibility to maintain a relationship with her. However, my first child is now ...

In a March 10 Politics, Ben Jacobs misspelled the name of the publication Le Monde as La Monde and the restaurants Le Diplomate and Capital Grille as La Diplomate and Capitol Grille, respectively. In ...

Lizzie: We have swapped roles! I feel like I am usually the “confront them” person! I think I was worried here that Patty would spin out in a way that made more trouble for the whole family if ...

Even with my boss pushing me to do so, I was turned down because it “wasn’t in the budget” to do more than one for my group.

I babysat my sister “Phoebe’s” almost-5-year-old son ,“Oliver,” while she and her husband attended a friend’s birthday celebration out of town. When dinnertime rolled around, I asked Oliver what he ...

It takes one cross-country plane, a train, a ferry, then another hour or so by car to reach the writer I had read plenty ...