Therapists can help estranged families understand the past, work on making amends, and potentially rebuild their ...
It’s not easy to admit that you weren’t the greatest parent. Jane Fonda, 87, lamented her parenting in a recent NPR interview ...
Parenting’s ultimate goal is raising healthy, happy, successful children. Figuring out how to keep parenting once the kids ...
More young adults are living at home with their parents these days. Fifty-seven percent of individuals ages 18 to 24 are residing in a parent’s home, compared with 53% in 1993, according to surveys of ...
For the parents who reach out to me, watching their adult child stall out, drift, or pull away is heartbreaking. From the ...
The relationship between parents and their children goes through significant changes over the course of time. When their kids are young, parents provide 24/7 care. As their kids get older, parents ...
When parents announce their decision to separate, the focus typically shifts to supporting younger children through the transition. However, divorce can profoundly affect adult children as well, ...
“What I have found over the years is that the greatest obstacle is in getting parents—from different generations, with different childhoods and traumas—to be open, willing and flexible enough to ...
Comparing your adult child's timeline to yours isn't motivating them to do better, it's invalidating their struggles in a ...
Half of all parents with adult children provide regular financial support. The average support per adult child amounts to $1,474 per month. Some parents contribute more to their kids than to their own ...