These strategies can help parents, teachers, and youth mentors safeguard young people from toxic authority figures and help them build lifelong navigation skills.

Dear Abby gives advice to a reader whose friend has been rude since being diagnosed with early Alzheimer's disease.

My daughter has been married to her high school sweetheart for 15 years. Their marriage has been rocky from the start due to ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been seeing my partner, “Gil,” for five years. After my husband passed, Gil came into my life again. We had been colleagues about 10 years prior. We always had a spark but ...

DEAR DEALING WITH A NARCISSIST: Your son sounds like he’s stuck in a cycle that’s draining him -- and you. It’s heartbreaking to watch someone you love be used, mistreated and pushed into isolation by ...

DEAR ABBY: In a few days, the second anniversary of my husband's death will be here. We were together for 40 years. They weren't easy years; he had many issues, both physical and mental.

DEAR REAWAKENED: You have been through a difficult time. Being a full-time caregiver is wearing as well as stressful. After those years caring for your sick husband, it isn’t surprising you forgot to ...

Dear Reawakened: You have been through a difficult time. Being a full-time caregiver is wearing as well as stressful. After those years caring for your sick husband, it isn’t surprising you ...

DEAR ABBY: After years of disappointment, I finally found the man of my dreams. How do I tell him he isn’t doing certain things right in the bedroom without it being uncomfortable? I have mentioned it ...

Dear Abby: My girlfriend has gone ballistic because I am financially supporting my adult children A reader’s longtime girlfriend has condemned him for giving his adult children tens of thousands ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

DEAR ABBY: I need help! I am a 50-plus-year-old, married, well-educated woman. I am also a kleptomaniac and I’m not proud of it. It started a few years back when I accidentally left an item in ...