Nearly a year ago, the Education Department sent universities and K-12 school districts scrambling with a sweeping but vague directive. The “Dear Colleague” letter said schools may be in violation of ...

Dear Abby: I have three daughters with children of their own. Every year, we have a family vacation. My daughter “Monica’s” children, ages 8 and 9, whom I love and see regularly, behave badly. They ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a 66-year-old woman who has worked full-time for 47 years, in addition to raising two children and maintaining a home. I will be retiring in three months because, honestly, I’m tired ...

DEAR ANNIE: I really enjoy reading your column. I have a problem of my own I’d like some help with. I have two daughters in university. When they’re home, they stay in their rooms or maybe talk to ...

Dear Annie: Now that my husband and I are in our 70s, it feels as if our social world has shrunk to the size of a postage stamp. Friends have moved away to be near their children, others are dealing ...

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DEAR ABBY: My mother took care of her mother-in-law with Alzheimer’s for nine years. My father had two sisters who had nothing to do with their mother during that time. Now, the younger sister is ...

DEAR ANNIE: Lately, I feel like I am running everyone’s life but my own. I work full time, I have two school-aged kids, and my husband is a good man but seems to think the house, the calendar, the ...

Dear Annie: I’m writing to ask your opinion about whether I should include my estranged daughter in my will. She accused me of something very vile that never happened and spread it throughout the ...

Dear Abby advises a grandmother on how to handle her relationship with her daughter and grandchild. doucefleur - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: My daughter won’t allow me to have a relationship with my ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a teacher. I love my job, and I love my students. However, as I near the end of my 26th year of teaching, there’s something I need to get off my chest. At the end of every school year, ...