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Dear Annie: My sister expects me to make my son, and his friends, spend time with her son. Our sons are in their early 20s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

My mother died when I was 5, and I grew up in a very abusive childhood — abuse in every sense of the word. I’m still ...

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 ...