Opinion

The summer before my senior year of college, I was told by multiple adults to enjoy it, since I would never get that much of a break again once I entered the workforce. What a scary thing to hear when you’ve only lived a fifth of your life. To make matters worse, that entire summer I was doing political work, and COVID was preventing any serious vacationing. Instead of hitting the pool every day, I had to settle for the newest Animal Crossing update on my Nintendo Switch, where my avatar could at least jump in the ocean bordering my island.

Dear Amy: I'm a new parent of a five-month-old baby. My partner and I love our baby, but we have different approaches and I'm concerned that my partner's parenting approach won't be good for our baby in the long term.

Right now, the state of Kansas is severely polarized over the proposed Value Them Both amendment to the state constitution. In the pages of the Leavenworth Times in the past few weeks there have been a series of strongly worded op-eds and letters to the editor on this proposed amendment.

Dear Amy: I'm a 33-year-old woman. My daughter is 11. She and I live with my parents. My parents own the house, and I pay them rent each month. Both of my parents are in their early 70s. My father works part time.

When it comes to poison ivy rash and how to treat it, there seems to be several remedies, and some conflict with each other. For example, there are those who will say to never use warm water to rinse the raised pustules because you may spread the rash. I don’t know if that is just a personal opinion that keeps being repeated, which makes it an “old wive’s tale,” or if there is legitimate scientific research to prove it.

With all of the attention being focused on the proposed Value Them Both constitutional amendment, Kansas voters may be wondering what else will be on their ballots Aug. 2.

Dear Amy: My father died three weeks ago. After his death, I talked with a close friend whose father died in 2007.