For me, the greatest source of frustration was trying to work with a willful child when there was something else I wanted - say, to get the child to go to bed so I could have my own time. Just… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Apparently you have ample proof from experience that you're not going to stop world evil by debating your in-laws into submission, so it's okay to choose not to try. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
I actually recommend as little actual counting as possible in a life partnership. But, when there's a sense of injustice brewing between you, some… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
There has been, for some reason (or more likely an unfortunate accumulation of reasons) a trend over the past several decades for parents to… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
It takes awareness that it's not only not a bad thing to let others do things their own way, it is in fact an… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
The sudden death of a partner while expecting a child is so universally understood as awful that I don't think anyone with any other… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
I do crosswords when I have time to kill somewhere, and am 100 percent successful on filling in the spots I get stuck on… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I think the expectation is that birthday girls don't pay. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
All of us assign different values to things, and not all of those values are going to line up with others'. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Don't freight your answers with any notions of what you're "supposed" to do, and just see where your feelings point you. It can feel… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
