Dear Margo: A friend of mine is struggling with her teenage daughter. Via reading her diary, a routine practice, my friend discovered that the girl is wading into intimate waters with her boyfriend; that this boyfriend slapped her during an argument; that she is probably lying about her whereabouts when away from home; and that she has a boiling hatred for her mother. The means of this discovery only complicates the possible resolution. While all of this is distressing, I'm actually most conc ...

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