Care and Feeding: Should I say something to a friend who said her kids will fall off if they eat sugar?

A friend told her two daughters that eating sugar will lead to diabetes and their legs will fall off.

A friend's daughter was too scared of sugar to eat more than a bite or two at a birthday party.

How and whether you respond to the friend's scare tactics depends on the friendship in question.

Your son, 16 , has a summer job working at a camp, which means he can't take time off except for national holidays.

His sisters, and Phil himself, feel it is unfair to go on a vacation without him.

Do what you need to do to protect your relationship and reputation with people it matters to most.

(We always help her if we’re asked, but we also encourage her to ask questions of her teachers, or work with her classmates, because we’ve found that they’re often better resources than mom and dad.) We wanted her to take ownership of her schoolwork and felt that stepping back and letting her take care of it was what worked for her..