Dear Abby, the world-famous advice column, has been helping readers navigate their toughest challenges for decades. Now written by Jeanne Phillips, the column remains a formidable, widely-read bastion of heartfelt advice and wisdom. Phillips, better known as Abigail Van Buren, has carried on her mother’s legacy. Her late mother, Pauline Phillips, created the immensely popular advice column Dear Abby.
In 1956, Pauline Phillips, writing under the pseudonym Abigail Van Buren, created the column. It suddenly was the place to go when you wanted to find information on just about anything. Over the years, Dear Abby has developed an enormous and ardent readership. She has since become a sought after staple in newspapers and media outlets around the world. People write in to the advice column with letters describing their troubled relationships, domestic troubles, and other personal quandaries.
Jeanne Phillips, who took over the writing duties of Dear Abby from her mother upon her mother’s retirement in 2002. She continues to rely on her own mom’s wisdom and experience. In doing so, she continues the iconic column’s legacy by delivering hilarious and enlightening answers to readers’ questions. Under her stewardship, Dear Abby is still a work in progress—growing, changing and adapting—while honoring its tried and true legacy.
The column is open to all aspiring writers. Readers can write Dear Abby at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. This direct engagement allows readers to share their stories, seeking guidance from a voice they trust. Phillips’s free-wheeling answers manage to balance modest self-deprecation with big picture wisdom grounded in real world tactics, keeping things light while digging deep.
Over the years, Dear Abby has seen it all, heard it all, solved everything. Whether addressing complex relationship issues or familial conflicts, the column resonates with many people who find comfort in its messages. What keeps Dear Abby so popular is its deep roots. Equally important, it prepares them to meet the demands of 21st century life right now.
Dear Abby doesn’t just dazzle on the page, it’s a wonder across platforms. Its famously concise structure, which makes it easy to read and understand, is another key to its success. The column’s resilience to survive and thrive amidst media shifts, all the while staying true to its original mission, is a testament to its legacy.
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