I do my best to encourage my son to include my nephew, but at his age, I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out ...

Dear Annie: My sister expects me to make my son, and his friends, spend time with her son. Our sons are in their early 20s ...

My mother died when I was 5, and I grew up in a very abusive childhood — abuse in every sense of the word. I’m still ...

Dear Annie: I’ve been in a relationship with someone who has consistently treated me like a human ATM machine. Every chance ...

One of her stepkids is now inviting their mother to events on her husband's side of the family. They've been divorced for ...

That said, it hurts that my son doesn’t make an effort to connect with me beyond needing child care. I want to address this ...

In today's Dear Annie column, a reader seeks Annie Lane's advice on how to improve communication between her and her one son.

We have not answered their calls and don’t want to. We feel we should, at this time in our lives, not have to deal with them.

Every chance he gets, he demands money from me and when I refuse, he throws a tantrum like a 50-something-year-old child.

My sister expects me to make my son and his friends spend time with her son. Our sons are in their early 20s and used to ...

The most important step for you right now is to seek help for your self-harm from a trained therapist. You deserve support to ...

DEAR ANNIE: I just read your article about the husband having a relationship with someone in the office. The wife asked why women try to break up marriages like that. I’d like to offer some ...