Tough Love: My Kid Has Gone ‘No Contact’

‘Yesterday she wrote to ask if I would bring her one of her belongings that she left behind,’ writes a 51-year-old dad. ‘I just don’t know what to do.’ Our advice columnist, Abigail Shrier, weighs in.
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