Dear Abby: I’m a teacher, and I hate it when parents ask me to write farewell notes to students

I am a teacher. I love my job, and I love my students. However, as I near the end of my 26th year of teaching, there’s ...

Dear Abby: Teacher has a message for parents at school year's end

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

Dear Abby: Drug addict husband is nothing like the man I married, but I don’t know how to leave him

I have been with a man for 25 years. The first few years were wonderful, but then he turned to drugs and became a different ...

Dear Abby: I love teaching but not the extra work parents expect at the end of the school year

DEAR ABBY: I am a teacher. I love my job, and I love my students. However, as I near the end of my 26th year of teaching, ...

Dear Abby: Teacher feels overwhelmed by end-of-year requests

A devoted teacher asks parents to refrain from requesting end-of-year book inscriptions, expressing how it adds to her ...
The Durango Herald

Teacher has message for parents

I am a teacher. I love my job, and I love my students. However, as I near the end of my 26th year of teaching, there’s something I need to get off my chest. At the end of every school ...

Dear Abby: You may think it’s a small request, but it’s brutal on already busy teachers

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

Dear Abby: I’m a teacher who is overwhelmed by parents’ requests

A teacher expresses frustration with additional requests at year-end, while another letter seeks advice on leaving a toxic ...
The Sumter Item

Dear Abby, Dec. 7, 2025: Teacher has a message for parents at school year's end

I am a teacher. I love my job, and I love my students. However, as I near the end of my 26th year of teaching, there's something I need to get off my chest. At the end of every school ...

Dear Abby: Teacher has a message for parents

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

Dear Abby: Parents’ cute idea leaves teacher in stressful situation

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

Dear Abby: I can’t get drug-using boyfriend out of my life

I have been with a man for 25 years. The first few years were wonderful, but then he turned to drugs and became a different ...