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

A few years ago, my daughter went "no contact" with both sides of our family -- grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, as ...

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family — grandparents, parents, aunts and ...

Dear Abby: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family—grandparents, parents, aunts and ...

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family -- grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, as well as cousins. Since then, I have been struggling with how I ...

I have been struggling with how I should answer acquaintances who ask, “How is she doing?” or “Do you have children?” ...

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family -- grandparents, parents, aunts and ...

Dear Abby gives advice to a mother who doesn’t know how to respond when people asked about her estranged daughter.

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family — parents, grandparents, aunts and ...

My daughter went "no contact" and now I struggle with how I should answer when acquaintances ask, "How's she doing." Telling ...

Dear Daughter is an award-winning podcast from ... Each episode, a guest reads a letter they’ve written to their children (or their future children, or the children they never had) with the ...

Robert E. Emery writes in the book “The Truth About Children and Divorce,” “Children whose parents put them first from the ...