Cleaning up on the go, spotting dropped cash in Brooklyn and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan ...

Dear Diary combines the intimacy of a diary-like narrative with the writer’s own experiences, little and big, as well as politics and culture. In a letter to Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe ...

Many Canadian kids have spent two years at school in pods, wearing masks, and getting used to COVID-19 in the classroom. But what about kids who still haven’t returned to school in person?

In today's Dear Annie column, Annie Lane offers advice to a reader in an unhappy marriage who wants to leave but worries how it will affect their young children.

Mary's Diary by Rachel Boxer Dear Diary I’m not really sure how to write about what I’ve just witnessed. The horror of it all is still too real. Yet somehow I don’t want to accept that it ...

Staying together only for the children may feel noble, but it can also be damaging -- especially if your home becomes a place filled with silence, resentment or emotional distance.

Dear Annie: I just read the letter from the mother whose son is being bullied at school and on a sports team. She says the other boy’s parents dismiss it with a “kids will be kids” attitude ...

Advice Dear Abby: My kids are visiting and my ex won’t let me see them because she paid for their flights Published: Apr. 20, 2025, 4:00 a.m.

DEAR ANNIE: I’m at a crossroads in my marriage, and I don’t know what to do. My husband and I barely talk anymore unless it’s about the kids or logistics. There’s no connection, no ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my wife for 23 years, married 19 of them. We have two grown children, ages 22 and 20. I recently realized she’s still in love with the guy she dated just before me ...

Dear Annie: I’m at a crossroads in my marriage, and I don’t know what to do. My husband and I barely talk anymore unless it’s about the kids or logistics. There’s no connection, no ...

Dear Abby: I’ve been with my husband, “Harry,” for 10 years, married for four, and already I’d like a divorce. We have two small children. I’m a stay-at-home mom while he works and pays ...