The Boston Globe

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Miss Conduct

Advice on, well, giving advice

Is it rude to offer your thoughts to your adult children? Plus, deciding how to present a cash gift.

Miss Conduct readers wonder whether they can offer unsolicited advice to their adult children and if they can present a cash gift through an intermediary.

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