DEAR ABBY: In replying to "Unofficial Stepmom in Texas" you concluded, "If you want to teach the children good morals and values, the way to do it is to stop nagging, set a good example, and refrain from making nasty comments about their 'trashy' mother."
Abby, that woman needs to heed the words of George Bernard Shaw: "If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example." -- ARTHUR IN MEMPHIS
DEAR ARTHUR: Well said. George Bernard Shaw was not only a wit, he was a very wise man. And so are you.