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ies 10 - The Elk City Ne’ ws March 9, 2024 Journal Writer Unsure Of GIPLEY’S Believe It or Not! Sharing Entries With Son cally abusive, but he definitely Dear Abby DEAR CONFLICTED: Be- controlled everything. cause you feel conflicted about Once he moved out and we DEAR ABBY: During my late sharing the entire contents of didn’t have to live with him teens and most of my 20s, I your journals with your son(s), kept journals that filled two why not simply impart the im- anymore, we all had a bet- full spiral-bound notebooks. I portant lessons you were re- ter relationship with him. kept them my entire life before minded of as you read them? Kids know and feel more than reading them for the first time ‘That way, you can skip the adults believe they do. People on my recent 70th birthday. I embarrassing parts and sim- need to give their children FaireroTHEeR found it to be an enlighten- ply pass along the hard-earned more credit than they do. Do OF STEVENAGE, ing journey through my past wisdom from which your sons you agree? — LEAVING'S BET- HERTFORDSHIRE, on a very personal level, deal- could benefit. TER IN MICHIGAN Vue Suore U.K.,was storrep ing with the highs and lows of those tumultuous years. DEAR ABBY: I have often DEAR LEAVING’S BETTER: PAPILLOMA VIRUS BY OFFICERS WHILE I told my youngest son, who seen letters in your column Yes, I do agree. Children sense | CAN CAUSE RABBITS RUNNING WITH A is now in the middle of that from men and women con- the tension between their par- TO GROW HORNS. FRIDGE STRAPPED stage of life and dealing with cerned about how divorce af- ents, grow up believing it is TO HIS BACK, ALL some of the same things I did, about my journals, and he fects their children, and right- fully so. As the child of parents normal and sometimes model \\\y7 IN PREPARATION FOR asked if he could read them. who stayed together too long, I the same scenario as adults A MARATHON! My wife says I should let him, can state, from my perspective, when choosing mates, which is CASTAHO but I’m conflicted about it. it is not always for the best. not healthy. “©2024 Ripley Entertainment ine. Wrwripiovecom On the one hand, they would Children are aware of ten- show him he’s not the only one sion in the household and it DEAR READERS: This is my B PIGEON WAS DETAINED who faces these life challenges, is often damaging ~ at least it timely reminder for all of you BY POLICE IN INDIA FoR which may help him deal with was for my sister and me. We who live where daylight saving 8 MONTHS ON them and in some ways get to are still trying to break the pat- time is observed: Don't forget SUSPICION OF BEING know me better. tern of the submissive behav- to turn your clocks FORWARD. On the other hand, these ior my mom exhibited to keep one hour tonight at bedtime. 4 GHINESE SPY. are things (some quite inti- peace in the household. 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