Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend of four months just found out he’s the father of a 9-month-old baby. When we met, he told me his ...

Every week, we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice to a question Carolyn Hax hasn’t ...

Dear Carolyn: I’ve been separated from my wife of 19 years and three kids for a few months. The separation stemmed from my infidelity, a mistake I made to run from my marital problems instead of to ...

Dear Carolyn: My adult brother is in rehab for the second time in two years. My mother is understandably upset and wants to talk about it every day. She is in her 70s and hasn’t told many of her ...

Q: I made the horrible mistake of developing a relationship with a parent of one of my child’s friends that ultimately led to me cheating on my boyfriend of two years. The affair lasted about two ...

Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax encourages a reader to compromise with her “wannabe influencer” travel companion ...

Dear Carolyn: For the holidays this year, my mother was torn about her regular “gig” -- volunteering at a local community center serving as a “soup kitchen.” She has volunteered there for many years ...

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Jan. 16, 2011. Dear Carolyn: I am an older woman, and not very mobile. I moved in with my son’s family following an injury. They have been very ...

My son and daughter-in-law are expecting twins, their first children together -- she has older children. My husband and I have enjoyed a warm and happy relationship with them and live nearby.

Question: I am in the middle of a growing crisis in my extended family because of revelations from a DNA match. After getting my results, I was contacted by a woman looking for her biological family.

Dear Carolyn: My beautiful, funny, smart stepdaughter started high school this year. Like many kids, the pandemic was very hard on her. It exacerbated her feelings of awkwardness and being out of ...

Dear Carolyn: My family had a mom/daughter group chat established to stay in touch. This became political during the Trump administration. Half our family supported Trump and the other half did not.