![]() ![]() I knew what had inspired the question: A then-friend of mine had been married to a man and left him for a woman, and although this had happened years before, lately it had been on my daughter’s mind. I know for a fact that not every straight person in 2000 thought that way: I have a crystal clear recollection of a bedtime conversation with my then-7-year-old, when she asked me if she was going to grow up to like boys or girls. Is there any graceful way I can tell her to ask someone else to fill it out for her? Should I fill it out honestly and send it directly to the school, hoping she’ll never see what I wrote? Most of the behavior I would be called to comment on is not entirely age-appropriate. ![]() I looked over the form and realized that if I were to fill it out honestly and she were to see it, she would be less than thrilled. One friend has asked me to fill out a recommendation form for her child. Most of our children will be entering preschool in the fall. I belong to a small group of women who are mothers with children all within a few months of each other. We’ve asked today’s columnists to weigh in with modern-day sensibilities. Read all stories here.įor today’s edition, we dug through Slate’s archives and unearthed questions sent to Prudie from the 2000s. It’s Advice Week! In On Second Thought, we’ll revisit questions from the archives and dig into how much has changed since Slate began giving advice in 1997-and how much hasn’t.
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