Question: Dear Luise: My son has hated me for most of his 21 years.  He bad mouthsme to family and makes me look bad.  He critizes me and if I didn’t contact him, there would be no contact .  Everything is my fault.  I have always put him first and loved him like no other. He [...]

Question: Dear Luise: My now husband cheated on me when we were dating with his Ex girlfriend. ( I found this out on our first vacation) he cried and swore he was sorry. He had never cheated on anyone (other than me apparently) I agreed to try to work it out and then our lives [...]

Question: Dear Luise: I will make this as fast as I can, my motherpassed away in October, and post funeral while house sorting, my eldest so fought with me. Now, no son, grandson etc. My youngest son and I have been estranged for a while and just today, my middle son did something that he knew I would [...]

Question: Dear Luise: 15 years ago I met a woman with a 14 years old who was skipping school and about to cause her to go to jail(as parents are held accountable). We eventually moved together and because I too was a single parent who really stresses education…so ,once I put a firm hand and [...]

Question: Dear Luise: I`m asking this question in a hope of getting a fruitful response from you..i was in a relationship with one of my classmate for 1 & an half yr..after our relationship started we lived for these yrs far away from each other becoz we started studying in two different universities…our relationship was never possible asour parents [...]

Question: Dear Luise: Maybe you can help me, not sure, I used to have a very good relationship with my daughter and have been trying with my son for so long now. My daughter has basically told me that she has a life of her own and for me not to get upset if she [...]

Question: Dear Luise: My 26 year old son left home over 4 years ago telling me I would never see him or his son that his girlfriend was pregnant withever again and he has held true to that threat.In the beginning I made several attempts to reconcile the relationship after a few years of rejection I told [...]

Question: Dear Luise: I constantly feel my ideal future is withheld by my angry mom who is agambling addict and by my father’s absence. My mom, in a way, has been absent most of my life. After my father left me when I was six, she dropped me off my grandma’s house to live at for the [...]