Balancing Family Time: Parenting Tips from Care and Feeding.

A woman is frustrated that her husband wants to skip a family vacation to Mexico and attend his family reunion in Colorado instead. She suggests he should prioritize spending time with their own kids and grandkids, but he refuses. The columnist advises her to express her disappointment and go on the vacation without him. In another letter, a mother is insistent on bringing her daughter to adult dinner parties, causing the child to feel excluded and misunderstood. The columnist suggests that the mother seek professional help for her anxiety and that the father excuse the child from these events. Finally, a young woman is sad that her lifelong friends are growing apart as they prepare to leave for college. The columnist advises her to feel her feelings and not force things with her friends.