By Jeanne Phillips Dear Abby: I work in a doctor's office where some of our elderly patients are dropped off by a transportation company. These patients often have no one with them or meeting them in the office. If the person is coherent, it's not a problem.

By Jeanne Phillips Dear Abby: I am a single parent, although I never intended to be. Last fall, I was asked to baby-sit a 14-year-old boy. He has been in my custody ever since. His mother abandoned him. Only in the last month have I actually gotten legal custody of him from Social Services.

DEAR ABBY: I am 19 years old and have known a girl I'll call Emma for a couple of years. She's 14 and like a member of my family - a little sister. My parents joke that Emma is their second daughter. Emma is an only child and lives with her mother.

By Jeanne Phillips Dear Abby: I am 19 years old and have known a girl I'll call Emma for a couple of years. She's 14 and like a member of my family -- a little sister. My parents joke that Emma is their second daughter. Emma is an only child and lives with her mother.

DEAR ABBY: As you know, most women invest a lot of time in addition to money so they can look and feel beautiful. The U.S.