Ask the Pediatrician: Type 1 diabetes causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Each November, we observe National Diabetes Month and engage in discussions surrounding prevention, management and...
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Ask the Pediatrician: Poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac rash
This rash can be very uncomfortable, itchy and unsightly. Since the rash caused by all...
Mayo Q&A: Setting boundaries for your well-being
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm a people-pleaser by nature and have difficulty saying no or setting...
Asking Eric: Wife has racked up $16k in secret bills
Dear Eric: Over the course of our 26-year marriage I have caught my wife in...
Asking Eric: Wife has racked up $16k in secret bills
By R. Eric Thomas, Tribune Content Agency Dear Eric: Over the course of our 26-year...
The Kid Whisperer: How to deal with a kid who doesn’t like doing chores
The problem is that she really, really hates doing it, and gets upset while she’s...
Ex-etiquette: Kids’ mom resists changing holiday schedule for new partner’s Thanksgiving
When you are talking about religion, those in the position of changing their minds often...
The Kid Whisperer: How to enforce limits with your kid in public
Kids who don’t have actual (enforced) limits often tend to learn some destructive lessons during...
Asking Eric: How do I deal with a mother-in-law who thinks we’re too rich?
My husband is hurt that he was booted from the birthday cash club.
Asking Eric: Yoga teacher follows coworker obsessively
"How do I tell Sue to find her own life path and seek her own...
Asking Eric: Yoga teacher follows coworker obsessively
Dear Eric: I completed a yoga teacher training (YTT), which I only shared with family....
Asking Eric: After nearly half a century, holiday hostess reaches limit
"I know if I say something about a hotel, they will be highly insulted."
Asking Eric: Neighbor is putting himself in grave danger but won’t change
"I know if I call an authority on him, he will know it was me....
Asking Eric: Wife struggles to keep holiday special after husband’s dementia diagnosis
"A celebration would be difficult to impossible for guests and family members because of his...
The Kid Whisperer: How educators can work with, not against, each other to help kids
So, first we need to be making behaviors better school-wide, instead of worse, every day,...
Asking Eric: After family death, bereaved kept the card but returned the cash
"I’ve sent out a lot of cards with money in them. We have a large...
Asking Eric: Friendship disrupted by house full of security cameras
Friend fears losing best friend after discovering cameras in guest bedroom; seeks advice on setting...
Asking Eric: Wife to stepdaughter – ‘this is war’
By R. Eric Thomas, Tribune Content Agency Dear Eric: My wife and our 6-year-old daughter...
Asking Eric: Neighbor is friendly but drives drunk
'I feel like I should tell the police before he does have a crash with...
Asking Eric: Niece grows distant from family after wedding
"I hate to make the situation worse, but I also don't want to be made...
Asking Eric: Prolonged grief complicated by obsessive-compulsive disorder
"Please don't say to see a therapist. I had one for many years, then she...
Asking Eric: Friend drags up addiction-related offenses, 31 years later
"I was so embarrassed and hurt by the fact that she would do this to...
Asking Eric: Why do they call me when they’re too distracted to talk?
Should I suggest they call me only when they can give me 100% of their...
Asking Eric: Coworkers called stingy for not contributing to honeymoon fund
Dear Eric: Should I tell a coworker that many of her workmates are criticizing her...
Asking Eric: Overly friendly dog causes injury
Dear Eric: My sister has a 130-pound dog who is friendly. While celebrating Easter in...
Ravens and Orioles fans frustrated? Here’s ChatGPT’s advice.
Given ChatGPT's increasing popularity, The Sun decided to test its advice on serious questions and less...
Asking Eric: This is the secret phrase to use if you can’t understand a help center rep
Plus: His ashes are still on my porch, and I don't think it should be...
Asking Eric: Sibling rivalry results in $20k ‘bill’ to parents
"He feels that we should 'gift' him the same amount of money that we have...
Asking Eric: After medical miracle, daughter is angry about mom’s travel
"Could she be worried about the time I will leave her behind permanently?"
Asking Eric: Father-in-law and life coach interfere with marriage
"The life coach told me my wife would be cut off financially if she allowed...
Asking Eric: Am I the bad guy if I give gifts to only one of the siblings?
Plus: We'd probably kick her out if it weren't for her child.
Asking Eric: Good Samaritan gets hefty reward for first aid
"The next day, we found a thank you note and a $100 gift card in...
Asking Eric: Tween daughter starts talking back
"Any advice on how to handle this situation as I feel it’s only going to...
Asking Eric: Girlfriend loves whiskey and other men
"You know what they say: intimacy doesn't begin in the bedroom."
Asking Eric: After brother’s death, sister wants family mementos back from sister-in-law
"What I struggle with is that, while all my brothers and sisters have their own...
Asking Eric: It was my dream to move here. Now how do I convince my husband we should go back?
It's remote and isolating, and the winters are brutal.
Asking Eric: My bestie is a modern-day pen pal
Woman upset online friend ignores U.S. turmoil. Advice: clarify if she wants action or empathy,...
Asking Eric: Our conversations are so one-sided
Wife feels lonely as husband devotes time to caring for his dying father. Advice: support...
Asking Eric: I’ve seen my boyfriend fondling all these women. He says I’m crazy.
Woman’s partner flirts publicly with others, denies it when confronted. Advice: step back, seek friends’...
Asking Eric: Looking for a reason to step away
Dad leaves daughter at aquarium touch tank, starfish gets hurt, friend furious—can parenting and friendship...
Asking Eric: I feel guilty
Dear Eric: I was not able to admit to that therapist the emotional neglect that...
Asking Eric: Used car sale leaves neighbor feeling betrayed
"Should I just let it go now? Or should I text her and tell her...
Asking Eric: Senior siblings try to find a way to talk without conflict
"I would like to return home with a warm feeling of sibling closeness instead of...
Asking Eric: Years after parents’ death, friend still hasn’t dealt with inherited property
"I am concerned about her indecisiveness and worry that she is running away from her...
Asking Eric: After missed birthday party, friend stops calling
"I told two of my other friends and they feel she's being childish about the...
Asking Eric: She’s been ghosted more times than I can count, and I’m tired of listening
She's on an online dating quest. I really don’t want to hear her self-pity when...
Asking Eric: Children interrupt conversations between adults
Dear Eric: While my son and daughter-in-law are raising their children quite differently than how...
Asking Eric: Wife spends $4,000 a year on vitamins and supplements
Dear Eric: I have been married to a wonderful woman for more than 50 years. About...
Asking Eric: Girlfriend accuses boyfriend of cheating with church friend
"The problem is that my girlfriend believes I had a romantic relationship with M."
Asking Eric: Longtime boyfriend has dream wedding plan but won’t propose
"After more than 20 years, do you think he’ll ever propose and get married to...
Asking Eric: Longtime friend always has to have upper hand in conversation
"It won't break our friendship, but I won't be the person who reaches out next."
Asking Eric: New husband wants to go on vacation without his wife
"It tears me apart to think this man I’ve fallen in love with thinks nothing...
Asking Eric: When she didn’t get her way, she became a manipulative bully
When I said she was welcome to watch, she berated me and asked personal questions...
Asking Eric: Mother-in-law wants to bring boyfriend to Thanksgiving
Dear Eric: My mother-in-law, Dana, 79, was married for 51 years before her husband passed...