Help! My Father Has a Secret Second Family. I’m Desperate to Learn About My Origins—But I Can’t.

I am on the other side of DNA Disaster’s situation. My father has five other children and a wife who, I’m fairly certain, are ...

My Husband Claimed He Was OK With My Extracurricular Sex Activities. My Biggest Mistake Was Believing Him.

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Jessica and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do ...

My Sister Ghosted Me and Our Five Siblings. Now There’s a Fraught Plan for Us to Make Amends.

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here.

My Mom Is Helping Me Out With My Baby. But She Starts Each Visit in the Most Stressful Way Imaginable.

I gave birth to a baby girl a few weeks ago, and my mom has been coming to help every week for a full day. She’s wonderful ...

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of Dec. 29

Our mistakes for the week.