Dear Queenie,
My mother has her favourite grandchildren that she praises all the time and does things with and gives lots of gifts.
The others she practically ignores. She gives them gifts on their birthday and Christmas and that's about it. If she does talk about them it's to complain about how they almost never visit her and how rude they are when they do.
The fact of the matter is they don't like her very much because of the way she treats them and when they do visit her and she starts in scolding them for something they just walk away and leave.
Queenie, is there any hope she will ever do any better?—Disgusted
Dear Queenie,
My parents used to help me out when I had a problem but not anymore. They just get mad when I ask them for advice. I try to help around the house but it doesn’t seem to do any good. If I’ve done something wrong I don’t know what it is and they haven’t said anything, but they sure have changed.
Queenie, what’s the matter with them?—Teenager
Dear Queenie,
My mother treats me and all my brothers and sisters, who are all grown up and out on our own for years now, as if we were still children.
She still tells us what to do and how to do it and how we should think about everything, and if we dare to do different or disagree with her she gets on something awful. It’s so bad we just have as little to do with her as we can, not even on holidays and birthdays and the like, and then she gets on because she says we are ignoring her.
There’s no use telling us to get her to go to a doctor for a check-up, because she hates doctors and even if she goes she doesn’t follow their instructions or take any medicine they prescribe.
Queenie, what more can we do?—Worried son
Dear Queenie,
My parents used to help me out when I had a problem but not anymore. They just get mad when I ask them for advice. I try to help around the house but it doesn’t seem to do any good. If I’ve done something wrong I don’t know what it is and they haven’t said anything, but they sure have changed.
Queenie, what’s the matter with them?—Teenager
Dear Queenie,
My mother treats me and all my brothers and sisters, who are all grown up and out on our own for years now, as if we were still children.
She still tells us what to do and how to do it and how we should think about everything, and if we dare to do different or disagree with her she gets on something awful. It’s so bad we just have as little to do with her as we can, not even on holidays and birthdays and the like, and then she gets on because she says we are ignoring her.
There’s no use telling us to get her to go to a doctor for a check-up, because she hates doctors and even if she goes she doesn’t follow their instructions or take any medicine they prescribe.
Queenie, what more can we do?—Worried son
