Attachment theory is all about how the way you were raised affects your partnerships as an adult — here's how to tell if you ...

Distance, defensiveness, reactivity, or exhaustion can be clues that your adult child is struggling with an emotional battle.

As a parent coach, I often meet parents struggling to balance being supportive and overly involved in their adult children's lives. While caring about your child’s well-being is an instinct, crossing ...

While everyone is different and parentification can impact some people more than others, Dr. Sage, a psychologist, and Auer, ...

The bond between parent and child is often considered unbreakable. However, as children grow into adulthood, complexities in relationships can arise, leading to emotional distance or estrangement.

Either way, it's important to know that there are common traits that people who weren't told "I'm proud of you" in childhood ...

Parentification happens when a child takes on adult responsibilities too soon, and it’s much more common than you’d expect.

“Most of us jump right to an ‘LGI’: the least generous interpretation,” said Becky Kennedy, a clinical psychologist and ...

Life is moving at a mile a minute. Growing up, it felt like the days and years were longer. The four years it takes to go ...

When adult children distance themselves from parents, the real reasons often have nothing to do with rebellion or ingratitude, and everything to do with unresolved patterns. While that’s not to say ...

While it might seem like a harmless request, this particular way of ordering your child's meal can cause more stress and work ...