We’ve Forbidden Our Kid From Participating in Something Practically Inescapable. It’s Complicating Our Friendships.

Care and Feeding July 31, 20261:00 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, I recently moved back to my hometown with my husband and 2-year-old daughter. The best part has been reconnecting with my friend, “Becca.” We’ve been friends since we were kids, but haven’t lived in the same place since high school graduation. We still have a lot in common, and incredibly, our husbands also are friends now. We’ve been having dinner together about once a week, either at their house or at ours. My problem is with what happens at their home. Limiting screen time is very important to us. We didn’t let our daughter see any screens for her first year, and we