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Jeanne Phillips

Daughter’s efforts never good enough

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 15-year-old girl, and I’m struggling with abuse. I’m mentally and physically abused by my family constantly, yet they make me out to be the abusive one. I could do amazing on a test, and they yell at me for something that happened on the last one. They’re always pushing me so hard to do better that it’s making me do worse. How can I make my family see that I’m not them, and I can do good if they just give me the chance to learn from my mistakes? STRUGGLING IN WISCONSIN DEAR STRUGGLING: Parents always want their children ...

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