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[conuly]

Dear Annie: My parents are up in age 81 and 86. My younger sister and I are their only children. I take my mom and dad to doctor appointments and call them every day to check on them. I live an hour and fifteen minutes away. My sister lives 20 minutes away and never calls them or sees them. My dad says she's busy, she works or that she has a house to take care of. I'm not healthy and am on disability. On top of all this, my dad made her executor of the trust.

I've always been treated like I know nothing, even though I've had more schooling than her. And my sister always has something to say about my weight, and it's never nice. My ringtone on her phone is a pig oinking.

She's my only sister; it's just us. But I feel like the only mistreated child. I've reached out numerous times to her to discuss this, but it never goes anywhere. It does not like we are family. What should I do? I'm tired of crying. -- Sidelined Sister

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[conuly]

DEAR HARRIETTE: My daughter is only 4 years old. She's pretty smart and knows how to read people and sense their emotions. She knows that when I am happy, she can ask for something she wants. If I am not happy, she tends to not bother me, and she plays and entertains herself on her own. I feel like I have a 16-year-old.

I started to catch on to what was happening when I realized that during her favorite afternoon show, she would always ask for a piece of my chocolate candy -- until one day she stopped. I don't always give her one. Out of curiosity, I checked the candy box, and it was empty! When I asked her if she had had any chocolate, she told me she never asked for chocolate today. When I asked her why she didn't ask, she said because there is no more. How did she know that? I checked the lunch box she uses to keep her snacks and found all the wrappers.

How does a 4-year-old lie and create an operation like this? I don't want her to think lying and stealing are OK. Is this something I should be concerned about? -- Manipulative 4-Year-Old

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