Navigating Responsibility Toward a Cruel Birth Mother: Ask Amy

A woman who was abandoned by her birth mother and later reunited with her struggles with a sense of responsibility towards her toxic mother who has stolen from her and cut her with her cruelty. The woman's friends and family advise her not to help her mother, but she feels guilty if she doesn't. Amy advises the woman to focus on her own health and emotional well-being and suggests that she could talk to a social worker at the nursing home where her mother is residing to ensure that she has a safe environment to live in. In another letter, Amy advises a sibling on how to approach their grieving sister to talk about their father's estate.