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,

My boyfriend and I are both 21-year-old college students. We’ve been dating for about two years, and overall it’s been a pretty good relationship that I don’t want to end. Lately, though, things have been super tough. He has a 5-year-old daughter. He and his parents raised her. (The mother of the girl is not in the picture.) Now that my boyfriend has moved off campus, his daughter has moved in with him full time. I live in another apartment nearby with two good friends.

I’ve been honest with him since the start of our relationship that I

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