Girls’ friendship changes as toddlers become teens [...] we started high school, and now she acts like she’s above me. Tell your parents how you feel about Kathy and why. If Kathy is unkind to you, you shouldn’t be forced to be around her. Because your parents and hers are close, they can socialize as adults, with no offspring involved. When people die, he has the attitude of, “Oh well, people die.” Recently, my grown son phoned me in the middle of the night to let me know that his best friend’s dad had died. Any ideas on how I should handle this? [...] that we have caller ID and cell phones, do you still say “hello” when you answer a call? The customary greeting is still to say hello. [...] because we now have caller ID, which gives us the advantage of knowing who the caller is, many people answer their phones by addressing the person by name (i.e., “Hello, Aimee!”).