Dear Straight Talk: My husband and I raised a wonderful son who has recently left for college.
I had no idea how bowled over by the “empty nest” syndrome I would be.
After ...
Dear Straight Talk: I haven’t told anyone, but I’m gay. I wish I wasn’t and I’ve tried to change, but nothing works.
My parents are very religious and think being gay is ...
Dear Straight Talk: I’m a 15-year-old girl with a twin brother.
I love my father very much but he has little interest in doing things with me.
Every weekend he takes my broth ...
Dear Straight Talk: The abduction and rape of Jaycee Dugard has me terrified when I drive home late after work. How I can feel safe? Even during broad daylight, how do you tell a r ...
Dear Straight Talk: I’m concerned for friends who buy Adderall and Ritalin at school in order to stay up late studying.
One of my friends is on antidepressants and I worry abou ...
Dear Straight Talk: We have two wonderful teenage daughters who give us few problems.
However, their e-mail and cell phone accounts are in our names and, without their knowledge, ...
Dear Straight Talk: My 17-year-old son just left for the hookah bar. He said this is a popular social activity where you sit around outdoors smoking flavored tobacco from a shared ...
Dear Straight Talk: I just picked up my 16-year-old son from a street corner after he was incommunicado for a week.
He’s very mixed up, and I need help.
Right before freshman y ...
Dear Straight Talk: I am writing to “Desperate in Salinas” (Straight Talk, July 19), the girl who was hiding her heroin-addicted boyfriend in her parent’s basement. I, too, w ...
Dear Straight Talk: I’ve been going out with my boyfriend since last September.
But recently I’ve met someone at work who I like better and we have been flirting.
The problem ...
