Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

DEAR ABBY: I was always the wild child and did pretty much what I wanted. My four siblings stuck to the straight and narrow.

In the past, they have helped me. They could easily support me if they wanted to. Should I just be grateful for that?

The exodus has left many villages in Nepal’s hinterland without most of their working-age men and women, with mainly children ...