My Kid Messed Around and Found Out. My Wife Wants to Blame Someone.

Care and Feeding Aug 20, 20261:10 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Getty Images Plus. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife, “Jolene,” and I have two kids, “Kyle,” 6, and “Ariel,” 9. Last week Ariel’s friend “Vanessa” (same age) came over and brought her new skateboard. After the girls drifted to another activity, Kyle took the skateboard and tried to ride it in the driveway. We have a deep lot and our driveway is a bit on the steep side. Kyle ended up falling off and got scraped up. It was nothing serious, but now Jolene is furious and seeking someone to blame. She says Vanessa can’t come over anymore because, according to her, Kyle would never have gotten injured if she hadn’t brou