Dear LFTP: the birthday invitations
- Should parents be allowed to send birthday invitations to school when only select students are invited?
Mike reads the second letter: the parent of a special-needs pre-K child saw a Facebook group post exposing that her daughter was excluded from a birthday party. The hosts land on tact and empathy over outrage — the child wasn't harmed, the post lacked tact, don't assume malice — and advise the parent to build resilience for a long road of perceived and real exclusions while teaching her own kids to look outward. Secular's answer (parents should collect every friend's parents' contact info) is panned as an odd stretch of empathy that never answers the question.
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Dear LFTP: Champ the untrained dog and holding boundaries with your son
- How do I handle my son bringing his untrained dog Champ on our weekend grandson visits?
Mike reads the second letter: the writer hosts weekend grandson visits where her son Dennis brings Champ, an untrained destructive puppy that runs wild, barks, and digs.
From No. 586 · Nothing Personal
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Dear LFTP: wife mocks husband's bladder problem in public
- How should I respond when my wife mocks me and my bladder problem in public?
Mike reads a letter from a man married three years whose wife calls him vulgar names in public and makes his bladder-control problem into comedy.
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Dear LFTP: Cindy's baby name ideas
- What should I do about my friend's terrible baby name choices?
Mike reads a letter from Dave about his longtime friend Cindy, six months pregnant, who keeps proposing names like chlamydia, bidet, chalet, and cliche because they sound pretty regardless of meaning.
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Dear LFTP: friend mistreats her stepson
- How do I confront my friend about mistreating her stepson while maintaining the relationship?
Mike reads a Dear LFTP letter from someone whose friend Sandra belittles her 14-year-old stepson and favors her four-year-old, asking how to raise the concern while keeping the friendship.
From No. 560 · Chill Out