Dear Dr Gott Advice on Grandchild Race and Vitamins
A reader asks how to handle an interracial grandchild’s future and if prejudice will affect her. The advice urges unconditional love, colorblind parenting, and counseling if needed, while noting looks vary and character matters more than race. A second reader asks about vitamin pill timing, and the response says vitamins absorb well with or without food, but follow label directions.
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Era Goughter
Bia
DR. Gott
Reader
Abby
Fred
Should an old man part with his assets now or later
Advice to a New Jersey reader with about 400000 in assets and monthly income excess of 400. The writer asks whether to donate mutual funds to five grown children, but the response urges prioritizing personal health and long term care insurance, preserving assets to cover emergencies, and considering giving excess income rather than principal. The guidance emphasizes protecting the parent and the children's welfare by delaying gifts.
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New Jersey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Times Mirror Square
Los Angeles
Calif
Dear Abby letters on adoption and equality spark reader responses
Kristi Wood of Paris Texas defends all children as equally ours adopted or biological and urges respect for adoptive families. A reader from Nad Linwood advocates gender equality, noting women contribute beyond traditional roles and endure stereotypes fading over generations.
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Kristi Wood
Paris
Texas
Mr. Hyatt
Family concerns and host family inquiry in DR WALLACE column
In Naples a reader worries about a troubled 15 year old brother and missing liquor and money. another asks how to host an international student via Youth for Understanding program. a Louisiana teen fears warts after handling toads. Dr Wallace reassures about warts and advises family lifestyle changes.
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DR. Wallace
Naples
Fla
Erin
Plattsburg, N.Y
Youth For Understanding
YFU
International Center
Newark St. N.W
Washington, D.C
USA
Rickky
Hammond
Rickey
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Peter Gott
Kent S. Collins
IGIEC
Creggett
Francis Scott Key
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
D.W. Hyatt
Linwood
Nad
Robert Wallace, Ed
Amber Hill Medical Center
Thomas Johnson Drive
Fredenck, MD
Frank Damanu
David J. Levine
Pfaltzgraff
NY Ute
Sache
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