Carolyn Hax
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How you phrase a question key to politenessJul 06, 2014 1:01 am - While I'm away, readers give the advice. On reacting to the news of someone's cancer diagnosis: When a friend tells you they have cancer, I know you are thinking, "OH MY...
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It's not kicking out, it's teaching responsibilityJul 01, 2014 1:01 am - Q. My 20-year-old son (Son 1) is a kid who has never given us any trouble with breaking rules, drinking, drugs, etc. He works full time when he's home from college and i...
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Readers give advice while Carolyn Hax takes a breakJun 30, 2014 11:00 pm - While I'm away, readers give the advice. On "never leaving my children with a stranger": You've had a built-in audience for this because your children are always pr...
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Handling sibling battles over aging parentsJun 26, 2014 6:00 am - Q. Five years ago, my mother became unable to continue living alone, so she came to live with me, my husband and two young children. As she physically declined, she paid...
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Woman is hurt when others don't support her charity workJun 24, 2014 1:01 am - Q. Two years ago my adult daughter was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She is very optimistic and has taken part in fundraisers because she feels she owes it to those...
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Don't hurt friend in trying to protect yourselfJun 24, 2014 1:01 am - Q. I have a great friend who I have kept some distance from, and sitting in my inbox is an email from him asking why. The truth is that his wife made a pretty blatant pa...
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How do you defuse tension with someone who hates you?Jun 23, 2014 1:01 am - Q. About a year ago I developed a crush on a female friend, whose boyfriend I also know independently of her. I suspect the attraction was mutual but we never acted on i...
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Take initiative for chores and mom may be less demandingJun 22, 2014 1:01 am - Q. I am a generally happy, young teenage boy. I have recently been upset with my mother, because I feel she has been unfriendly. Whenever I ask her if I can do something...
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Parents shouldn't pry for information about son's marriageJun 16, 2014 11:00 pm - Q. Our 28-year-old son "Bill" has been married for five years to a woman we are slowly starting to resent. "Jennifer" is working on an advanced degree in Italian. She t...
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How do you protect your child from a mean relative?Jun 16, 2014 1:01 am - Q. My husband and I have been together 12 years. His mother is mentally, emotionally and verbally abusive. We now have a daughter, and after years of silence, I can't ta...