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DEAR DEIDRE: MY grandson has been off school for a few months and I am really worried about him.He is nearly 13, in his second year at secondary schoo

DEAR DEIDRE: This isn’t something I’m proud to admit, but I went to bed with my partner’s teenage daughter.At 23, she’s actually nearer

DEAR DEIDRE: MY wife only seems interested in sex if we are planning on making a baby – and we have four kids already.I’ve become so frustrated du

DEAR DEIDRE: I’m at my wits’ end with my daughter who has been nothing but trouble since she became a teen.I’ve tried everything to help her but

DEAR DEIDRE: After being told that my chances of having children were slim, it felt like a miracle to discover I was pregnant.So when I miscarried nin

DEAR DEIDRE: Although I know people won’t approve, I can’t stop lusting after a man who is 30 years younger than me.He’s my daughter’s friend

DEAR DEIDRE: My partner wants me to move in together - but he has two young children, and I don’t want to be a part-time stepmum.I’ve got grown-up

DEAR DEIDRE: My ex-partner kicked us out into the gutter, but he still calls the shots about when he can and can’t see our daughter.I let him walk a

DEAR DEIDRE: SINCE my son was arrested for allegedly raping his ex-girlfriend, I have been drinking every night to blot out my pain and anxiety.He is

DEAR DEIDRE: MY 13-year-old daughter is drinking heavily with her mother, and I’m so worried.I’m in my forties and split from my wife last year be

DEAR DEIDRE: AS soon as I moved in with my boyfriend the cracks in our relationship began to show.We had been together for just over a year when we st

DEAR DEIDRE:MY husband has moved into our motorhome and won’t tell me where he is.I’m convinced he is using it to have sex with his lover who is t

DEAR DEIDRE: After falling back into bed with my ex, I told her I’d made a mistake and I didn’t want to get back together.Now she’s fallen pregn

DEAR DEIDRE: I FEEL my heart sink every time I see my girlfriend liking other men’s photos.I’ve asked her to stop so many times and she says she w

DEAR DEIDRE: MY daughter’s email to a politician has led to her getting bullied in school.She’s in Year 11 and has always wanted to make a differe

DEAR DEIDRE: I feel like giving up on my daughter. Her addiction to alcohol has become so damaging that I’m seriously thinking about walking away.

DEAR DEIDRE: My family is obsessed with meeting my baby son but I don’t want them anywhere near him.He’s two weeks old and I want to protect him f

DEAR DEIDRE: WHEN my partner’s younger grandson flies into rages he lashes out at the older one, who ends up covered in bruises.The two are brothers

DEAR DEIDRE: IS my daughter having a mid-life crisis, or does she genuinely have ADHD?She is in her 40s, and it seems to me that she is sabotaging her

DEAR DEIDRE: Since my ex-girlfriend met her new partner, she has moved out of town and won’t let me see my kids. I am 39 and she is 36. The childre

DEAR DEIDRE: Worrying about my depressed, drug-taking daughter is affecting my own mental health.She lives 200 miles away at university and I don’t

DEAR DEIDRE: WE are so worried about our daughter and grandchild and want to know how we can help them.Our new son-in-law has told us his mum and dad

DEAR DEIDRE: My son owes me thousands of pounds and shows no sign of paying it back.I have no idea how to approach this with him. I feel resentful and

DEAR DEIDRE: My dad tells so many lies it’s unreal. He wants everyone to feel sorry for him but I have finally had enough and completely disowned hi

DEAR DEIDRE: My partner’s son is chipping away at my relationship with his mum and it’s pushing us to breaking point.He has been living with us si