Advice

A father's cruelty led his child to choose estrangement, but he won't take "no contact" for an answer.

Her brother died 11 months ago. It felt like another death to her when she saw she wasn't invited to his daughter’s baby shower.

Daughter-in-law asks for help talking to her parents, who are upset that she and her husband might be moving away.

A father confessed to the long-ago abuse of his teenage child, and his other child is upset — at her sibling, for not telling her of the abuse.

A working parent with no child care grows increasingly frustrated as "usually wise confidants" offer unrealistic advice.

A letter writer thinks their daughter-in-law might be a hoarder and wants to know if they should say something.

A letter writer chafes under their husband’s criticism and wonders which one of them is being overly sensitive.

After witnessing their mother's stroke, everything seems meaningless except health, happiness and spending time with family.

A letter writer doesn’t want their boyfriend vaping around them constantly when they move in together. Is there a way to compromise?

At any mention of something he could help with or improve on, this husband reacts like he's being told "he is the worst person in the world.”