Tag: moms
Left Out Of The Group: A Mom Worries About Her 10-Year-Old Daughter
Her daughter is always left out of the group get-togethers and this mom wonders how she can make things better.
Friendship, Parenting and COVID
The volatile mix of parenting and COVID can creates challenges to moms with different values and sensibilities.
My 10-year-old daughter and the kid of my close friend constantly bicker
A mom wonders whether she should cut all ties with a close friend because their kids don’t play well together.
Family friendships: When a spat between families spills over to the kids
When family friendships break up, children’s friendships can often be a casualty.
Middle School Friendships: What should this mom do?
Middle school friendships can be minefields for mom and their teens. A mom asks how she can get her daughter through the eight hour days of 8th grade.
My heart aches for my teenage daughter
My heart aches for my daughter who is a senior in high school. She has suffered from insecurities since she was in elementary school. She went through a stage when she had nervous ticks in elementary and some in middle school. She wants to be involved and have friends, but is at the end of her high school career with literally one girl friend.
Help me deal with a Drama Queen
A reader asks for advice on how to handle a drama queen in her group of friends. QUESTION Hi Irene, I am in an awkward situation with a friend whom I’ll call Carla and don’t know how to handle it. She’s noticed that I’ve been pulling away and wants to get together to talk. We […]
Reader Q & A: Coping with a roller coaster friendship
QUESTION: Dear Irene: I came across your blog tonight. I am thankful. I am feeling desperate for some advice. I became good friends with a girl in the same town where I live. We met in February of this year. We hit it off right away. We became super close really fast. Had the same […]
Friendship by the Book: An interview with the author of The Professors’ Wives’ Club
The Professors’ Wives’ Club revolves around four women, so different from one another that they might even appear unlikely as friends.
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