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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: Two and a half years ago, I made the difficult and dangerous decision to leave a 25-year abusive marriage. My ...

I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out with his cousin. My sister is very angry with me and my son.

While she can't force her son to hang out with his autistic cousin, Annie does advise her to impress upon him the importance ...

She tends to find issues with others and with me that are absolutely ridiculous, and anger comes out in tantrums.

"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 ...

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

Dear Annie: Two and a half years ago, I made the difficult and dangerous decision to leave a 25-year abusive marriage. My ...

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 Sad Sister: You’re right that you can’t force your son to include his cousin -- he’s an adult in charge of his own decisions -- but you can explain to him why it’s important, just as you did here ...

Dear Sad Sister: You’re right that you can’t force your son to include his cousin -- he’s an adult in charge of his own decisions -- but you can explain to him why it’s important, just as you did here ...