My Daughter Went to a Friend’s House for a Play Date. She Can Never Go Back There.

Dear Care and Feeding : What's a polite way of taking your child home from a playdate soon after arriving? Don’t plan to be so quick to leave when children are this young, but I’m concerned.

If the environment strikes you as dangerous in any way, forget politeness: Be kind to the child in question.

Dear Care and Feeding : Don't second -guess each other, it's not good for your relationship.

Don't tell your daughter's dad that his messy house is a dealbreaker.

Have you two talked about what constitutes the “everything is good” you mention at the start of your letter? Don’t just say some version of this now and tell them you love them forever.

A single mother worries about her mother saying offensive things to her daughter's friends.

When your mother says something offensive, tell her it's offensive, explain why, and ask her not to do it again.

It’s never too late to become a better person, Michelle says.