While no parent can be perfect, adult children need independence and respect in order to feel safe in any relationship, ...

Set a thrilling example of marital health, and make sure your children are in touch with supportive educational resources of ...

The adult child often does notice. But they also notice the pattern—that honesty doesn't feel safe, that the real feeling is ...

Reasons Why Parent and Adult-Child Relationships Can Become Strained There are, of course, an endless number of situations out there that result in a strained relationship between parents and their ...

Parents are meant to protect and guide their children, creating a deep bond for life. That doesn't stop when the kids become ...

Relationships between parents and their grown kids can be incredibly meaningful when worked on intentionally. But too often, old habits of speaking and interacting stand in the way of parents and ...

A recent Cornell study found that 27% of adults are estranged from a family member. Research from Ohio State finds that 26% of fathers are estranged from an adult child—and that fathers are 22% more ...

Most parents who reach out for coaching say they can't recall the moment(s) when it began. I'm talking about when they started pausing, maybe several times, before responding to their adult child's ...

Aging can bring changes to people's bodies, minds and relationships — changes that many are often not prepared for. Erlene Rosowsky, a clinical psychologist who specializes in aging, says many people ...

Therapists reveal the powerful phrases adult children desperately want to hear from their parents to heal relationships. The relationship between parents and their grown children is complicated ...

“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 ...