My 11-year-old son, “Max,” used to eat, sleep and breathe baseball. He wore his glove to the grocery store, slept in his favorite team T-shirt and spent hours in the backyard throwing a ball against ...

Dear Protecting My Peace: You are not selfish. You are frightened, exhausted and trying to keep the people you love safe.

I see how much it hurts my husband that his son is shunned. At the same time, I feel responsible for protecting my kids ...

My stepson is 22 and autistic. For 12 years, he lived with us half the time and with his mother the other half. During those years, I was ...

How can I maintain my boundaries and sense of safety while still being a supportive spouse? Am I being selfish or cautious with good reason?

I told my husband he had one year to find other living arrangements for his son because I no longer felt safe in my own home.

Dear Protecting My Peace: You are not selfish. You are frightened, exhausted and trying to keep the people you love safe. Given your stepson’s past threats, stalking and violence, it is entirely ...

Dear Protecting My Peace: You are not selfish. You are frightened, exhausted and trying to keep the people you love safe.

Dear Protecting My Peace: You are not selfish. You are frightened, exhausted and trying to keep the people you love safe. Given your stepson’s past threats, stalking and violence, it is entirely ...

In today's Dear Annie column, a woman torn between safety and compassion struggles to keep firm boundaries after years of violence from her autistic adult stepson.

Dear Annie: I’m in a strange situation with my childhood best friend, “Lila.” We’re both 32 now, and while we’ve stayed close over the years, something shifted after I got engaged last spring. Lila ...

DEAR ANNIE: My friend “Caleb” and I have been close for six years. We met in college, stayed in touch and still talk almost every day. He’s been in a relationship for a while, but I recently realized ...