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“I think the Mishpacha prints way too many oversimplified (and therefore irresponsible) articles.”
You are so right about this! I thought about it so many times as I read advice columns in various magazines.
I sometimes cringe at the problems people write about, AND THE RIDICULOUS ATTEMPTS OF THE RESPONDERS TO SOLVE IT IN A COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS!!
The worst part is when someone writes in about their spouse, and I wonder: Doesn’t anyone remember that there’s another person involved here? Another side to the story? Apparently not.
If I were a Rabbi/Rebbetzin/Psychologist/Therapist/(which thank God I’m not!) and a magazine asked me to respond in their advice column, I’d refuse. I simply don’t believe that one can honestly get a handle on an anonymous person’s situation without talking to all parties involved.
And I hope to God that nobody applies the advice they read in there, in their own relationships.