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Jeanne Phillips

Mother laments her kids lack drive, accomplishment

DEAR ABBY: I have grown children. All of them are underachievers. When contemporaries talk about their children getting jobs, getting married, having kids, going on vacation, buying a house/car, adopting a pet, I have nothing to contribute. My children do not have lives; they work low-paying jobs and scrape by. Worse, they have no ambition to do better. They no longer live with me, but often gather at each other’s places to play video games when they are not working. They are not enjoyable to be around. My life is otherwise good, and I don’t want them bringing me down. My ...

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