Letter writer learned not to get her hopes up, but her kids receive that lesson as “sucking the joy out of everything.”
Carolyn Hax: Mom tries to be a realist, but her kids see only a killjoy
Letter writer learned not to get her hopes up, but her kids receive that lesson as “sucking the joy out of everything.”
March 10, 2026 at 12:00 a.m. EDTToday at 12:00 a.m. EDT
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