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

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

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: Middle-aged woman’s troubling obsession isn’t one she can quit on her own Dear Abby: Is it romantic, or creepy, that my high school hookup is still in love with me after 30 years?

Dear Abby: As the parent of a trans child, my colleague’s mockery really hit home A reader is kicking themselves for not not speaking up when a colleague mocked trans people.

Dear Abby: We asked our 19-year-old college daughter, “Lulu,” to dog-sit and housesit sit several months ago. She knew our rule of no visitors allowed in our home while we were out of town ...

DEAR ABBY: I haven't had a holiday with my grown daughter, "Charly," since she left the state 12 years ago. When she came out as a lesbian, I wasn't very accepting and didn't handle it well. I ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a professional, well-educated adult who moved back home because of concerns about my father’s health as well as having landed a much better job. As an extra perk, I’ve been ...

DEAR ABBY: Ever since I was a child, my mom has regarded me as wise, thoughtful and intelligent. She has confided about family issues, tensions at church and cheating at her workplace.

Dear Abby: My niece needs a kidney and I've discovered my irresponsible brother is the father of another child he doesn't acknowledge. Should I tell her about my niece, in case she has a kidney ...

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family — grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, as well as cousins. Since then, I have been struggling with ...