Help! A Yearslong Fight Over Theme Park Tickets Is Going to Ruin Thanksgiving.

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Of course, her cousin’s social life is not her responsibility and we don’t want her to get the message that she has to be unhappy to keep other people comfortable. Talk to your sister about the importance of including at least one child with a similar temperament—or if your niece truly doesn’t have any friends, maybe a trusted babysitter or another aunt—who can be by her side at the party and free up your daughter to play with the kids she’s invited. —She Won’t Hear of Hearing Aids, Dear Hearing Aids, Put this in writing: “Mom, I know you’ve said you don’t want to get a hearing aid. If we can’t understand each other easily, we can’t be as close as we want to, and a hearing aid might really help.