When your grown child moves back home, it can feel like pressing play on an old family routine that no longer fits. The kitchen feels smaller, your evenings are shorter, and suddenly the fridge seems ...
Setting boundaries can be hard enough as is, especially if you’re a people-pleaser. You might feel guilty for saying “no” or worry that boundaries will push people away. There’s also the matter of ...
Maintaining a healthy relationship with your parents into adulthood can be important. I am very close to my parents. However, I live six hours away. When I feel pressured to visit home, I have to set ...
Over the years, I have repeatedly seen how it is easier to build a child than it is to repair an adult. As I write in my book, 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, healthy boundaries between children and ...
This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Navigating the parent-adult child relationship can be ...
"Adult children are at a different developmental stage," he points out. "They are building autonomy, identity and ...
Emerging adult children and their parents can experience growing pains as they navigate a changing relationship. AJ_Watt/E+ via Getty Images As a professor of child development and family science, ...
Setting boundaries can be hard enough as is, especially if you’re a people-pleaser. You might feel guilty for saying “no” or worry that boundaries will push people away. When it comes to dealing with ...
Over the years, I have repeatedly seen how it is easier to build a child than it is to repair an adult. As I write in my book, 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, healthy boundaries between children and ...