Miss Manners: The Urn

[ermingarden]

Dear Miss Manners: After my uncle recently died, a cousin sent me some cremated remains that had been in his custody, saying they were the ashes of my beloved surrogate grandmother, Paula, who died about 20 years ago. ( Read more... )

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[conuly]

Dear Care and Feeding,

I am a parent of five daughters between the ages of 5 and 14, and I’m confused about tattling. From what I understand, tattling is telling an adult when another kid has done something wrong—and in my eyes, that’s a good thing. For perspective, it turns out that my 9-year-old has been bullied for three years (thank goodness it’s stopped now), and she was frequently telling the teacher of incidents. However, this was dismissed as tattling, and nothing was done to help her. So, what is tattling? Was my daughter doing it? And is it good or bad?

— Mother of a Possible Tattletale

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