DEAR ABBY: When my daughter, “Trish,” and her husband separated, I reached out to each of them for occasional check-ins.

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

Dear Imperfect Mom: Amid the turmoil in her marriage, your daughter attempted to blame her infidelity on the example you set ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ...

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

DEAR PROACTIVE: If you said it in the context of explaining that your husband had something similar that turned out to be ...

I struggled to be the parent my children needed. They are adults now, and ... it pains me deeply to know they want nothing to ...

I have anger issues that were passed down among the men in my family. My mother is a strong woman and wouldn’t let my father ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 47 years. My wife has suffered from mental illness for more than half our marriage. Two years ago, she went off her medication, became manic for 10 months and ...

Since his retirement, he has been going to a bar once a week or so. One of the staff has taken an interest in being his ...

Dear Abby: People know something’s up with our family. My wife says to tell them nothing. She worries anything we say might stigmatize our preteen daughter ...

Dear Abby: After several months of weight loss, our preteen daughter was hospitalized after a trip to the ER. She was diagnosed with ARFID. It’s an eating disorder we had never heard of but one ...