Nicole Cliffe
Slate
Austin, TX, United States
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Past articles by Nicole:
My Daughter Just Totally Betrayed Our Family With Her New Life Plans
I can’t believe she’s being so selfish. → Read More
What I Learned About Parenting by Telling Other People How to Parent
Some preliminary conclusions. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: I’m the Introverted Mother of an Extreme Extrovert, and I’m Exhausted!
Parenting advice on extreme extroverts, parental controls, and toddlers who won’t eat. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: My Neighbor Keeps Letting Her Sick Child Play With Ours
Parenting advice on neighborhood sickos, gifted benchmarks, and tween Santa belief. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: Our New-Parent Friends Think Our Parenting Style Is Abusive
Parenting advice on parenting styles, weaning troubles, and coffee anxiety. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: My Sister Is Giving Her 5-Year-Old Adderall to Cover for Bad Parenting
Parenting advice on Adderall disagreements, romance obsessions, and pubic hair styles. → Read More
Help! My Husband’s Fasting Diet Has Turned Him Into a Hangry Monster.
He won’t eat all day, then melts down like a toddler if dinner isn’t ready when he gets home. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: Is It Appropriate for a Teacher to Swim With Her Teenage Students?
Parenting advice on pool parties, baby shower gifts, and guardianship disclosures. → Read More
Help! I Catfished Someone. Now I’m in Love.
He still hasn’t seen the real me. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: My Son Isn’t Showing Any Sadness About His Grandpa’s Death
Parenting advice on childhood grief, substance abuse, and indecision. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: My Husband Yells at Our Toddler Over Every Little Thing
Parenting advice on anger issues, rice cereal drama, and spanking. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: Is It Wrong to Let Other People’s Kids Look at My Phone?
Parenting advice on zero-screen families, sibling fights, and fat-shaming parents. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: Should My Teen Follow Her Older Cousin’s Very Grown-Up Instagram?
Parenting advice on family followers, unexpected twins, and grandma gifts. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: My 6-Year-Old Suddenly Wants to Breastfeed Again. Should I Let Her?
Parenting advice on breastfeeding jealousy, family bedrooms, and misophonia at mealtimes. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: We Let Our Kids Go Feral During Quarantine. Can We Bring Back Discipline Now?
Parenting advice on quarantine discipline, violent toddlers, and fertility check-ins. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: Is It Possible for Kids to Be Too Honest?
Parenting advice on overly honest children, chore inequality, and life after ballet. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: I Think I’ve Turned My Daughter Into a Greedy Material Girl
Parenting advice on material girls, teething woes, and speech delays. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: My Grandson Is Visited by a Spooky Lady Every Night
Parenting advice on spooky ghost ladies, dangerous dogs, and reporting childhood abuse. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: Will Extra Quarantine Presents Spoil My Daughter?
Parenting advice on quarantine gifts, nursing woes, and nibling indifference. → Read More
Dear Care and Feeding: My Mother Viciously Shamed My Weight. Can I Keep Her Away From My Kids?
Parenting advice on abusive grandmothers, egg aversions, and gender policing. → Read More