Dear Abby: I don’t want to support my lazy brothers

Dear Abby: I am a community college sophomore (age 20) in an international honor society, double-majoring in biotechnology and biological sciences.

Aaron plays video games all day, while Greg does nothing.

How do I get across to them that they’re not children anymore and they need to take their education seriously?

There is truth to the saying “The Lord helps those who help themselves.”

Warn the boys that unless they start preparing for their future, they could wind up living in the street, because when your parents go, you have no intention of supporting them financially.

When we are out to dinner and I get up to go to the restroom, she asks total strangers to take her picture.

When we were on vacation and we went to the pool, she wore full makeup for two reasons, she said: (1) She’s not putting her head under water, and (2) she wants some pictures taken of her.

Because you did not mention even one other positive quality about her, I assume this is what you wanted.