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DEAR ABBY: I am an adult child of an alcoholic. My mother is a mean drunk. While growing up, I had to act as her therapist and deal with her co-dependency. I have been lucky to have processed a ...

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Abby Dodge joined the KSHB 41 team in August 2022. She’s very familiar with the Kansas City area and reported here for several years before coming to KSHB. She’s also a Lee’s Summit native ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a single parent of two girls. My oldest, “Becca,” is 17. She has been dating this guy and, as soon as she graduates, plans to move in with him and two of his friends (another ...

DEAR ABBY: I am an adult child of an alcoholic. My mother is a mean drunk. While growing up, I had to act as her therapist and deal with her co-dependency. I have been lucky to have processed a ...

DEAR ABBY: My friend “Cindra” has two children. Both are homeschooled and not able to do many things on their own. Cindra and I have very different views and philosophies on raising children.

In 2014, Abigail Johnson became CEO of the Boston-based financial services company her grandfather founded, succeeding her father, Edward “Ned” Johnson III. The third-generation CEO has never ...

Dear Abby: My wife and I have been happily married for 15 years. My mother-in-law, “Pat,” a widow since 1997, has lived with us for the last 14 years. She lived alone in her own apartment when ...