Short shorts and shorter patience
How can a father convince his teenage daughter to dress more modestly?
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Busting emotional blackmail
Advice on how to recognize emotional blackmail.
The ex files
How to keep an ex-husband from dating your friends and an ex-wife from trespassing in your house.
Public intervention
If you witness verbal child abuse, do you have a responsibility to speak up?
Too much time off
Is your sister’s husband lazy, or are you jealous of his freedom?
It does take a village
How can you help your neighbor be a better parent?
Time to leave the nest
Saying goodbye to a mentor is never easy. This is Joey’s advice.
When a friend is dying
Advice on what to say when you don’t know what to say.
Stressful neighbors and sexy interns
A child-free married couple faces constant pressure to procreate.
Like father, like daughter
A little advice: When your teenage daughter sneaks her boyfriend into the house at night, it’s time for a lesson in self-control.
Still hating after all these years
We offer advice when reconnecting with a high-school frenemy stirs old feelings of jealousy.
Reunions, porn-eyed BFs and thieves
Advice for a rekindled friendship, a lying boyfriend and thieves at work.
Accept (quietly) or exit (quietly)
Advice to a woman to either accept the situation as it is or get out of it.
Parenting 101—and how to fail it
Advice on how to deal with a partner’s parenting difficulties.
Spring clean your life and head
Advice on getting a fresh start, in your house and in your head.
Thy neighbor’s marriage? Not worth coveting.
Advice for a woman who covets her divorcing neighbor’s marriage.
Sometimes synergy beats similarity
Advice on abandoning worry and remaining present in a relationship.