Dear Amy: I’m hoping you can shed some light on this subject. Is there any justification or logical reasoning behind some of these new parenting trends, specifically one that grants basically full autonomy to a toddler to make his or her own decisions? One that is particularly irksome is letting said toddler choose whether or not they want to hug an immediate family member.
Dear Amy: For the past year, I have been dating a man who is separated from his wife. They separated shortly before we started dating, and both want a divorce. He loves his two children (11 and 13) very much, but does (fairly openly) regret having children with her.
Q: I have Type 2 diabetes and am having trouble getting my A1cs to stay below 7%. I exercise, eat pretty wisely and take my medication.
Dear Amy: Overall, things are great between my partner “Beth” and me. Beth is a teacher and I'm a security engineer.
Dear Amy: I'm 32 years old. For a multitude of reasons, my personal growth was stunted after high school, and it took me twice as long to finish college than planned.
It’s easy to get lost in the wonderment of white-tailed deer during the fall in the Midwest. Few scenes are more exciting than a heavy horned buck bird-dogging a doe across a field of corn stubble at dawn. When he stops for a moment and you see his warm breath penetrating the frosty morning air, you’re reminded why you crawled from under the covers of your cozy bed to sit motionless for hours on end in the outdoors.
Dear Amy: For years I have wanted to switch companies for a different position. The company I was interested in approached me out of the blue and offered me a great job. After several meetings and detailing all the particulars I gave notice to my current employer and while they were extremely disappointed, they wished me well.
Dear Amy: Our daughter has two daughters who are one year apart. She very obviously favors the younger one.
Dear Amy: I was conceived via sperm donor and my parents, who are very private, never told me. Via a DNA testing site, I was able to figure out the identity of the sperm donor and wrote to him.
Dear Amy: My sister was christened 'Karen.' She works in a public service job that requires wearing a name tag. Since the 'Karen' meme became a thing, the abuse she has to take from customers about it is pretty bad, especially from teenagers, twenty-something's and men, who snicker at her name and make jokes about it - even to her face.