Mr. Dermer, they say that you have power, that you have extraordinary influence over the decisions that our leaders are ...

In his response to the mother’s letter, Dostoevsky tells her that the memory of a parent who embodies all the “ good ...

I think holidays should be happy occasions, at a minimum, so maybe we could rotate years. But that does not happen.

How do I convey to my adult married children that I do not like being around my ex for the holidays? My son lives several ...

How do I convey to my adult married children that I do not like being around my ex for the holidays? My son lives several ...

I understand where he’s coming from, but I don’t want the things that he wants for me. How do I proceed respectfully?

Dear Quentin, My mother is giving my son — her grandson — and his wife $100,000 toward the purchase of their first home. This ...

“Paul Celan’s poems reach us, but we miss them,” wrote the philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer, giving succinct expression to the ...

Is eviction my ... adult child is not paying rent, you could have him served with a 30-day notice to quit, which means he would be ordered to evacuate the premises. As a mother, you want to help ...

My wife took a year’s leave of absence from her teaching job and our two boys, then aged seven and 11, came with us. I recently found the letters that the seven-year-old’s classmates in Dublin ...

I do not forgive my sisters, but I do not blame them, either. It took me 50 years to see that my mother was manipulating us ...