My Mom Tried to Kidnap My Nephew. Her Excuse Is Beyond Bizarre.

Care and Feeding July 30, 20261:00 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by DragonImages/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, Over a month ago, my older sister, “Winona,” had to travel to Europe. Winona left her 6-year-old son, “Liam,” with our mom. My mom has always been a bit of a conspiracy nut. However, while she was watching Liam, things took a turn for the worse. While Winona was gone, she ended up getting a radically different hair style than she had when she left (think going from long to short and dyed another color). When she Facetimed our mom and Liam, Mom freaked out when she saw the change in her appearance and claimed that Winona wasn’t really Winona! Nothing would