I Have a Hard Rule About the Men I Date and My Daughter. I’m Scared It Could Backfire.

Care and Feeding Aug 25, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Getty Images Plus. Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so today we’re diving into the archives of Care and Feeding to share classic parenting letters with our readers. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, I have a question, but first some quick background. I am a single mother to an amazing 8-year-old girl. Her father and I divorced four years ago, and I spent the first three years of that time muscling my way through low-grade depression and working to stabilize our lives. I feel like I’m emerging from that long funk, and the little world I’ve made for my daughter and myself is stable and good. Now that I feel more myself again, I’ve started thinking about