It is late summer in 1963 and my father is 28. He is standing in his small garden in Surbiton, south-west London. In the ...

Are you glad your father is dead? A long pause follows, as David Challen’s eyes flicker up to the sky, scanning back and forth in search of the answer. “It’s a great question,” he says, eventually ...

In 2023, two Utah siblings locked themselves in a bedroom for 54 days during enforcement of a contested custody reunification ...

A reader worries that if she doesn’t act, the two teenagers she shares with her ex will hear about their grandfather’s predations from cousins. By Philip Galanes My ex-husband’s father died before my ...

A reader is eager to revive his relationships with his mother and younger brother, which have been on ice ever since he set a firm boundary with his abusive father. By Philip Galanes Last November, I ...

Do parents abused as children become child abusers? Many interacting factors increase risk for intergenerational maltreatment ...

DEAR ABBY: My father was a terrible person. He was physically abusive to his wife and kids, and he sexually abused both of my sisters. He was a vicious bully who took every opportunity to humiliate ...

DELAND, Fla. — The Volusia County Sheriff’s Department reports that evidence suggests a seven-month-old child sustained injuries consistent with physical abuse while under the care of his father, ...

Christine struggled with identifying her experiences as abuse. “Yes, it certainly was,” she began, “but it's so hard for me to acknowledge that. My grandfather was very abusive to my mother. My ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - One summer night last year, sisters Krestina, Angelina and Maria Khachaturyan went into the room where their 57-year-old father Mikhail was sleeping and attacked him with pepper ...

Season 7 Love Island USA contestant Huda Mustafa was a controversial figure on the show. Some fans felt like she behaved in a controlling way towards her first partner, Jeremiah Brown. Meanwhile, ...