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Mother seeks cure for daughter's affluenza

By Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on

Otherwise, because she is renouncing holidays, consider yourself off the hook to send her gifts, but do keep in touch with her, especially on her birthday and adoption day, to remind her that she is loved. And yes, you should love her, even if you don't like her. Loving without expectation, and loving her through your own disappointment, will liberate you from your harsh judgment, and should lead to acceptance.

Don't give up on her.

Dear Amy: I've lived in my house for 12 years now. It's a quiet neighborhood of retired and working-class people, and everybody tends to mind their own business and stay in their own yards.

Recently, a new family with kids moved in across the street.

From day one, they've been disruptive. They roam around, lie in the middle of the street and use my yard as an extension of their own for their games.

They're constantly chasing their balls into my yard.

 

I'm not very confrontational, but I don't want this to continue.

I've considered putting out some "Stay off the grass" signs, or making an anonymous complaint with the police, but I don't want to overreact either.

Do you have advice?

-- Ball Catcher in Illinois

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