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Dear Carolyn: Recently, my two teen sons have talked to me about what they feel was a traumatic childhood because their ...

She feels lucky to co-parent civilly with her ex and his wife, who’ve been really mean. So why is the wife suddenly “all ...

Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend and I live together. He refuses to lock the dead bolt. He says, “I won’t live in fear.” He locks ...

Husband is in counseling after his negativity hit a low point, but the normally upbeat letter writer is nearing one now, too.

Dear Carolyn: My girlfriend, “B,” and I have been together five years. Lately, she has started doing something that really ...

She likes a TV on all day, every day, and can’t understand, after moving in with son’s family, why her daughter-in-law ...

A grandchild is worried about ailing grandparents as strained family relationships impede sharing of health information.

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Nov. 21, 2010.

Their daughter is 21 and thinks she’s old enough to marry. They want to refuse to pay for a wedding till she’s 25, on the ...

Letter writer wants to approach Grandma about favoring one of her twin grandkids, but she is quick to take “huge offense.” ...

Dad hides his spending on sex workers from Mom and expects the letter writer, who discovered it, to accept that it’s a “guy ...