My sons are adults, and we can’t tell them how to live their lives. As you can imagine, we don’t find any of this funny.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

My husband and I are the parents of three grown sons. Our middle son (“Kurt,” age 29) has been in conflict with his younger ...