Carolyn Hax
Fear of confrontation gives kids green light to bully
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An aunt allows her niece and nephew to be violent with her kids in an effort to avoid a family rift.
Matchmaker woes
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A woman wonders if she should play matchmaker for two friends.
How to dissuade a romantic
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Mom wants to encourage her 23-year-old daughter to focus on aspects of her life other than getting married.
An estranged friend, a family tragedy
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Carolyn Hax says a reader should contact grieving friend but warns that results might not be positive.
Getting a cat-crazy mother to make time for daughter and grandson
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A woman whose mother spends almost all her time caring for cats feels left out when she returns to visit.
Hints From Heloise: Adoption brings new life
A reader shares her joyful experience with her new adopted dog.
Hints From Heloise: Gift supplies take flight
A reader shares her hints for making traveling with gifts, and the wrap to accompany them, easier.
Hints From Heloise: Deter danger of unattached items
Keep tots safe by securing large furniture and ensuring electrical cords out of reach.
Miss Manners: Graduating with dignity may be impossible dream
A Gentle Reader decries the hooting and hollering that have come to typify commencement ceremonies.
Miss Manners: Showing goodwill to others requires deft touch
A Gentle Reader grapples with how to keep a gesture of kindness from being interpreted as an insult.
Miss Manners: Graduation notice calls for card, not check
They needn’t view a graduation announcement from an old acquaintance as a request for money.
Miss Manners: Reserve cheeky greeting for someone you know well
A neighbor’s jocular greeting of ‘Hi, Mom!’ to the Gentle Reader’s mother did not sit well with the greetee.
Miss Manners: Do the correct thing even for those who ignore etiquette
A “rather despicable” friend must be invited to his wedding, but he dreads her bringing her conquest du jour.
Ask Amy: Parent questions birth control query
A mother is shocked when a doctor asks her almost-12-year-old daughter if she’s using birth control.
Ask Amy: Dad’s in the hospital, mom checks out
The children must come to the aid of their ailing father, as his wife seems unable to confront his illness.
Ask Amy: Relationship may have morphed into marriage
It’s been 10 years since her boyfriend moved in, and he’s still paying little rent. How to end the relationship?
Animal Doctor: Moving a cat into a dog house
Cats shouldn’t wander outdoors; grain-free diet might help urinary blockage; irritable bowel syndrome
When good food is the best medicine
The artificial acidification of dog foods might make dogs prone to developing oxalate crystals in their urinary tracts.
Animal Doctor: Dog is fine during the day, anxious at night
Detective work is needed to find out why border terrier is hyper in the evening; cat’s ‘third eyelid’ is visible
@Work Advice
@Work Advice columnist Karla Miller (DEB LINDSEY/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
@Work Advice: Come together, right now?
Dealing with co-workers who are in the market for a union
Family Almanac
What’s keeping Baby up?
It could be teething or a feeding issue that’s messed up his sleep habits.
A trace of dishonesty
A mom suspects her teen of copying art and claiming the work as her own.
My 13-year-old is making me Kuh-razy!
He won’t reach out to others,
or clean up his room, or
study. . . He’s such a teenager!
A Mother’s Day thought: Planned obsolescence
Part of our job is to make our kids no longer need us, and therein rests the heartbreak.
The truth about single mothers
Michelle Obama slipped recently and described herself as “a busy single mother.” Being one is different than feeling like one.
Date Lab
Date Lab: He gives The Post props, but they go only so far
Two friendly foodies meet for dinner. What else can they want?
Date Lab: Will her travel schedule shut down this couple?
They’re both world travelers. That should be good, right?
Date Lab: He brought roses, she brought a surprise
Two divorcees seek great conversation. Then, there’s a twist
Chalk up a big fail for the Predicto-meter
His favorite historical figure is Gandhi, hers is Walt Disney. This is a match made in ...
Date Lab: They’re planning to see each other again...
But Kenneth and Connor are reluctant to call their next get-together a ‘date.’
Carolyn Hax Live: Advice columnist tackles your problems (Friday, May 17)
Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax took your questions and tackled your problems.
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