DEAR MOM: Mentally healthy adults do not spend their spare time fantasizing about extreme violence. They also don’t abuse ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

DEAR MAKING A CHANGE: You stated that your mother-in-law expects to live with you and her daughter in your new place, which ...

"Please help me to express that it is overdue for her to move on and allow my wife and me the space to retire together peacefully." ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

My grown daughter is a bum magnet. All of her relationships have the same outcome. The bum stays with her until he gets a better situation. The current one has been the longest, going on for several ...

My mother-in-law has lived with us 14 years -- an arrangement that was supposed to be temporary. My wife and I are ready to move to a retirement home. How doe we tell Mom she's not coming?

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

While it’s nice to have the in-person camaraderie, co-workers who are conspicuously ill are coming in and spreading their ...

My friend and I have similar aged children but very different views on parenting. She still lets her daughter, 11, and her ...

DEAR ABBY: My friend “Cindra” has two children. Both are homeschooled and not able to do many things on their own. Cindra and ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.