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Dear Carolyn:

About a year and a half ago my youngest son married a lovely woman who I am genuinely fond of, if not very close to. We are a large family and she's an only child, and I know that can be overwhelming.

So...Read more

Sigmund Freud didn't get everything right, but here's one thing he said that has the ring of truth. "In our innermost soul," the world's most famous shrink tells us, "we are children and remain so for the rest of our ...Read more

Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine who died in Greece in 370 B.C., often is quoted as saying, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." That certainly fits in with his philosophy that disease is a result...Read more

Dear Amy: I am grandmother to two boys, ages one and three.

My daughter, who is slightly overweight, feeds them foods high in sugar, i.e. donuts, pancakes with syrup, muffins, etc., for breakfast. She provides dessert ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 78-year-old woman, and I don't have the greatest appetite. My doctor has recommended that I take a liquid breakfast drink (like Carnation Instant Breakfast) and vegetable juice along with my regular ...Read more

Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Hi, Carolyn:

I've been trying to get pregnant for over a year, with many doctor visits along the way. We are finally heading in the right direction but this has really taken a ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I have a close friend, Samantha, whom I met in law school four years ago. We both graduated in 2014. I have passed the bar exam, and so have all our friends from school, but Samantha has not.

She was in a bad ...Read more

Q: Do you think scientists will ever discover a way to keep us from getting old and finally dying? I hope so, because I really don't like the thought that someday I'll just stop living. -- Z.L.

A: I'm grateful for the ...Read more

After contracting with a publisher to write "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," Victor Hugo procrastinated writing it for more than a year. Finally, six months before the manuscript was due, he locked all of his clothes away, ...Read more

Dear Amy: Our daughter-in-law occasionally vents her feelings about a family problem on Facebook. My wife and I do not use Facebook, and so we hear about this from friends.

I would like to sit down with her and our son, ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I have read all sorts of pamphlets and brochures; I have been to classes at the local hospital to learn about managing this disease; I have seen the vast...Read more

Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Dear Carolyn:

My 11-year-old daughter is going through a phase right now of extreme, black-and-white thinking. Right is right and wrong is wrong. This is challenging sometimes....Read more

DEAR ABBY: My fiance, David, and I are getting married soon. We have been living together and engaged for a year, and together eight years. It takes him forever to get things done around the house or buy things we need. I ...Read more

Q: How could Jesus have been equal to God (as Christians claim), when He was only a man? I can understand why you'd want to try making Him into something great, but claiming He was God doesn't make any sense to me. -- K.G....Read more

Dear Amy: How do you help a lazy person to become more healthily active, when the lazy person is yourself?

I've dealt with depression all my life and think I've made a lot of headway, (with the help of therapy) over the ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to Amanda for four years. During that time, my parents, especially my mother, have called her and her family trashy because they live in a rural area in Texas.

My mother has no reason to ...Read more