DEAR WISER AND WONDERING: Yes, it’s appropriate -- when done with care. A parent’s loving honesty, shared gently and ...

Dear Abby advises a recent college graduate who got a job on how she should handle living back home with her parents, while ...

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

I struggled to be the parent my children needed. They are adults now, and ... it pains me deeply to know they want nothing to ...

DEAR ABBY: As a young mother, I endured a difficult marriage filled with domestic abuse. In the midst of that turmoil, I ...

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

Dear Abby: I have been seeing my partner, "Gil," for five years. After my husband passed, Gil came into my life again. We had ...

Dear Trying: It appears your parents ... Abby: I’m a widowed man. I have great neighbors, but I’m increasingly bothered by this circumstance: The wife of one couple constantly criticizes her husband ...

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

When my daughter, "Trish," and her husband separated, I reached out to each of them for occasional check-ins. Trish left him ...

Dear Abby: I'm a 23-year-old college graduate who was lucky enough to land a job in my field of study. The job is located in my hometown. Because I couldn't afford my own apartment, I moved back ...