Cooking: Adult Child

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Favorite Hot-weather Meals?

In a few days, we'll be hosting a small 40th birthday party for a formerly-estranged family member who has recently emerged from a long, abusive relationship and is just now returning to the family circles. I'm trying to balance the "keep it casual" calmness with "Hey, she's 40. Let's make it nice." And it's going to be 90 degrees for the next 3 days. So standing over a hot grill isn't going to work, and neither is heating the kitchen excessively with the oven. I can do a salad bar, plus cold cuts and stuff like potato salad that I...

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Could It Be Eczema?

My 6 y/o daughter has always had dry skin. I put lotion on her all the time...

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How Do I Accept That My 18 Yo Daughter Is Dating a 30 Yo Man?

My 18 yo daughter is a freshman in college across state. A 30 yo man that we only knew of as her friend took her away for an off-the-grid, no cell service camping trip her first weekend in college He lives in our hometown so It was quite opportunistic of him to drive 7 hours to whisk her away from her first college weekend. Since then they are together forever. While my daughter seems happy, he has done nothing to demonstrate to us that he respects her or our values. As they are both adults it’s reasonable that they are sexual. But I’m...