As the mother of two adult children and as a relationship and life coach, I, like many, strive for the delicate balance of ...

Parenting’s ultimate goal is raising healthy, happy, successful children. Figuring out how to keep parenting once the kids ...

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, ...

People who only visit their parents out of obligation only ever show up for the actually obligatory meetings as well. When ...

As we mature, the relationship we have with our parents is bound to change — sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. Fostering a healthy dynamic in this new phase of life does take some work. Clear ...

“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 ...

Tense relationships or estrangements between parents and adult children are becoming increasingly common. There’s hardly a day that goes by that I don’t hear about these in therapy with a parent or an ...

My childhood was far from ideal. I endured multiple prolonged traumatic experiences, often described as complex trauma, but what weighed most heavily on me as a child was the constant turmoil within ...

Even after moving out and getting a job my parents treated me like a child. We talked about it and now they are some of my ...