Jamilah Lemieux
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 21
- Latest publication
- Sep 25, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Slate
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- Jul 10, 2026
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I Hate My Boyfriend’s Kid. Luckily, a Solution Has Presented Itself. (opens the original)
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. I’ve been dating a man, “Gideon,” for a little over a year now and can see us having a future together, except for one obstacle. Gideon has a 6-year-old son, “Max,” from his previous marriage. He has him on weekends, and having Max over is like inviting a tornado into the house. The boy is an uncontrollable hellion, but worst of all is that Gideon disappears into his office for much of the
The Lead Role in the School Play Is Rightfully My Daughter’s. The Teacher’s Excuse Is Unfair. (opens the original)
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. My daughter, “Peyton,” started kindergarten in August. Things were going well until last week when Peyton came home from school and said that her class is going to be doing a play on the story of Peter Rabbit. When her teacher, “Ms. J” was choosing which kid would play the part of Peter Rabbit, she told the kids that whoever raised their hand first would get it. Peyton raised her hand immed
My Son Betrayed His Wife. I Kind of Think I Should Take a Stand at the Holidays. (opens the original)
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. I have six grown sons and two daughters—all married—and 15 grandchildren. We were all blindsided when our son, “Paul,” a father of three, decided he did not want to be married to his wife anymore. We love our daughter-in-law and hate watching her get hurt. None of our other kids agree with his decision, and we all have a difficult time being around him now. Paul would like to bring a new gi
My Baby Accidentally, Um, “Styled” My Husband’s Aunt’s Hair. He’s Acting Like It’s All My Fault! (opens the original)
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. My husband “Matt’s” great aunt, “Judy,” is bald as a billiard ball and incredibly sensitive about it. Last month she was visiting us and our 14-month-old, “Mandy,” when our daughter grabbed a handful of Judy’s “hair” and pulled the wig clean off her head. We had our neighbors over as well, and she was flabbergasted. No one made a big deal of it, but Judy was beside herself and left immediat
I Really Want to Make an Offer to My New Neighbor. I’m Worried It’ll Cross a Line. (opens the original)
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Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so today we’re diving into the archives of Care and Feeding to share classic parenting letters with our readers. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. I’m a single mom who lives in a building full of very polite but mostly closed-off tenants. There’s a new neighbor on my floor with a very young baby who cries often, as babies tend to do. I suspect she is single herself, and my heart goes out to her when I hear those sounds co
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