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Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Column: Family Strife and Trust
A teen asks how to persuade a mother to return home after a divorce threat and children left alone. Dorothy Dix suggests writing to the mother, expressing needs, praying, and gently pressuring for reconciliation while noting a father’s nagging may affect the situation. In a second letter a young woman questions a sailor’s claim of love and Dix counsels judging character beyond uniforms.
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Dorothy DIX
Dad
Muriel Nissen
Mom
Darlene