Dear LFTP: six-year-old wants a dog
- Should a busy household get a dog for a six-year-old who asks for one daily?
Mike (speaker-1) reads a letter from a father with no interest in pets whose six-year-old daughter asks for a dog daily; both parents work long hours and the house sits empty. The hosts come down firmly against the dog: a six-year-old cannot sustain the responsibility, an empty house is a bad home for a dog, and the father should spend the time on his kid instead of buying her love. Alternatives floated include a cat, a hamster or guinea pig, or waiting until she is older. Secular's answer agrees, noting even a thirty-year-old pet owner does not clean cages.
More on Parenting
-
Dear LFTP: Champ the untrained dog and holding boundaries with your son
- How do I handle my son bringing his untrained dog Champ on our weekend grandson visits?
Mike reads the second letter: the writer hosts weekend grandson visits where her son Dennis brings Champ, an untrained destructive puppy that runs wild, barks, and digs.
From No. 586 · Nothing Personal
-
Dear LFTP: wife mocks husband's bladder problem in public
- How should I respond when my wife mocks me and my bladder problem in public?
Mike reads a letter from a man married three years whose wife calls him vulgar names in public and makes his bladder-control problem into comedy.
-
Dear LFTP: the birthday invitations
- Should parents be allowed to send birthday invitations to school when only select students are invited?
Mike reads the second letter: the parent of a special-needs pre-K child saw a Facebook group post exposing that her daughter was excluded from a birthday party.
From No. 574 · Starring Ted Danson as Joab
-
Dear LFTP: Cindy's baby name ideas
- What should I do about my friend's terrible baby name choices?
Mike reads a letter from Dave about his longtime friend Cindy, six months pregnant, who keeps proposing names like chlamydia, bidet, chalet, and cliche because they sound pretty regardless of meaning.