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Dear Prudence: The “Butt Out” Edition

So your friends are irresponsible parents. How bad does it need to get before you call the cops?

Mallory and Slate staff writer Aisha Harris talk about butting in where you don’t belong.

Should you call child protective services because you think someone’s kids aren’t learning enough algebra? How do you deal with a colleague making inappropriate remarks about your employees’ personal lives? Plus, what to do when you feel like you’re on a one-way train toward financial dependence; how to handle parents who make you feel like a “sad discount store item” for being single, autistic, and childless; and the day you arrive at work to find your new colleague is a sex offender.

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Production by Casey Miner.

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