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Mom suggests best approach to asking about gun safety

DEAR READERS: Today’s column is a continuation of yesterday’s about the importance of gun safety and parents feeling confident enough to raise the subject with other parents. Read on: ...

DATE: Aug 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Vigilant moms can’t help asking about gun safety

DEAR ABBY: I am a Yale-trained pediatric nurse with a post-master’s as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. I respectfully ask that you retract your answer to “First-Time Mom in New Jersey”...

DATE: Jul 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Reluctant student considers gap year before college

DEAR ABBY: My 18-year-old daughter has just graduated from high school. She has now informed me that she’s not going on to college, like we had previously discussed, and becomes upset wh...

DATE: Jul 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Dad-to-be looks for push gift on a budget

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I are expecting our first child. A friend of hers took me aside to ask if I had gotten my wife a “push gift.” I had never heard of it, but apparently, it’s suppose...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Guilt meets grief after boyfriend’s death

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend died a few months ago, and it has been a struggle to get through my sadness. We had been through a lot in the year and a half we were dating, including some infid...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Stay-at-home dad wonders if he’s judged

DEAR ABBY: I’m at my wits’ end. I have been unemployed for almost two years. My wife has been working during that time. We have two girls I take care of as a stay-at-home dad. Although I...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Irresponsible boyfriend only earns woman’s anger

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend cheated on me the whole time I was pregnant last year. He lived in Florida, and I lived in Missouri. He didn’t make it back for our son’s birth like he promised. ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Teen looks for clarity after mom’s mixed messages

DEAR ABBY: I’m 17. My mom and I often disagree on things. Don’t get me wrong – I don’t care what she does in her free time, but lately I have learned she’s talking to people about bisexu...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Son’s drug habit causes mother’s marriage crisis

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to a loving man for 15 years. We have been through a lot and, for the most part, have been OK. My son, “Kyle,” is the problem. I know Kyle is a li...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Parents grin and pay for man’s upscale appetite

DEAR ABBY: Our son-in-law, “Brody,” has a very different lifestyle than ours and the one in which we raised our daughter. I pointed it out to her while they were dating, and she was not ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Dad wants appreciation for helping pay bills

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married just over a year. It’s the second marriage for both of us. Since our wedding, my father-in-law continually “reminds” us that he helped my wife ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wife with sketchy memory depends on husband

DEAR ABBY: When my wife was 17 (she’s now 54), she was in a car accident. She and her three friends were high and drunk. She suffered two skull fractures, which have affected her memory....

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby