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Dear Care and Feeding, My boyfriend and I had been trying for three months to get pregnant when I conceived. He was the one who started talking about having a baby, and we moved quickly from playful “baby fever” talk to serious conversation. We made the decision together to stop birth control. We were in love—or so I thought. We had no issues in our relationship; he treated me lovingly and sweetly. Advertisement But last week, when I realized I was pregnant, my whole world shattered. As soon as I told him the news, he announced that he’d fallen out of love with me. He’d been feeling...

Dear Care and Feeding, Last year, my ex-husband was involved in a highly publicized sexual harassment/assault case that made the national news. He disappeared from social media and locked down his web presence, but his name and face were still shown across the country for a few days. We have shared custody of our 16-year-old son, who lives primarily with his dad and comes to visit me all summer each year. My son was understandably devastated by the incident, but has become withdrawn and refused to talk to me about it. I pulled back as not to pry. It’s now been almost a year since I’ve see...

Dear Care and Feeding, I love my boyfriend of four years very much. We’re both in our 30s and are seriously talking about marriage and starting a family soon. I have a concern, however, that I can’t seem to shake. My boyfriend has very little patience. For example, he’ll sigh extremely loudly and yell at his computer if it’s not working or the internet is slow. He has never screamed at me or gotten in my face, but definitely in moments of frustration, he’ll raise his voice while speaking to me. He and his family call me the “patient one” in the relationship—his lack of patienc...

Dear Care and Feeding, My teenage daughter, like most teenagers this year, spent a lot of time on social media engaged in conversations about race, social justice, and activism. In general, we’re happy with this; she is getting a worldview-expanding experience, and she’s been actively engaged in trying to create change at her high school. She is certainly more culturally aware than my husband or I ever was at her age. The problem is that she’s fixated on getting a Black friend. Her school is 80 percent White; there are a few Black students who tend to be friendly with all students but i...

Dear Care and Feeding, When my wife and I had our first daughter, we knew one of us would be a stay-at-home parent. We both grew up in working-class families where both parents worked, and we were excited we had this opportunity. At first, I suggested I could stay at home, mostly because I’ve always been the one who enjoys and was responsible for all the cooking and cleaning. Advertisement However, my wife pointed out that I made more money and reasoned that since only one of us would be working, it should be the one who made more money. It made sense so I agreed. We now have 2 daughters, a...