The new mom had a C-section and needed her own mother to help her care for the baby. This is not a competition.

Dear Abby: I’m 29 and in a 10-year relationship with my boyfriend, “Justin.” Things have been rocky since his business went ...

Phillips, writing as Abigail Van Buren, dispensed wry, no-nonsense advice to newspaper readers around the world for over 40 years. Her identical twin also wrote an advice column, as Ann Landers.