These Remnants of My Childhood Are Precious to Me. I Don’t Like What My Sister Wants Me to Do With Them.

Care and Feeding July 17, 20261:05 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My sister, “Louisa,” is two years younger than I am. (I’m now 42, and she’s 40.) As a kid, I loved dolls, and played with them into ninth grade. My favorite were my American Girl dolls. I had Molly and Kirsten, and a wide variety of the furniture and accessories for both because it was all I asked for every birthday and holiday. My mom also loved dolls, so I think she was happy to spoil me in this way. Louisa was the opposite. She was social and sporty and almost never wanted to play inside. She never played with dolls and was more interested in L