Interfering, judgmental, and disrespectful mothers-in-law are common complaints.

Children need adult men in their lives.

Insecurity is a toxin and confidence is a tonic, so make the choice not to dwell on the worst possible case.

It's just not right to make an innocent child suffer because of the father's misdeeds.

The sadness from reading letters that you know you can't help because it's a person who's in extremis and their problems are not soluble by an advice column.

The only solution seems to be for government to toughen the vaccination laws and close the loopholes that allow people to opt out for philosophical and so-called religious reasons. The laws need to make clear: no shot, no school.

I am against lying, but just because someone asks a question does not mean you have to answer it.