The more the preoccupied attachment parent pursues the avoidant adult child to have a closer relationship, the more smothered ...

To survive an unloving, erratic environment, children learn to "read the room," taking the emotional temperature and gauging ...

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Or, best-case scenario, the goalpost has just moved and it’s still obtainable, but you have to make over six figures to have ...

Understanding common gaslighting phrases Boomers use with their adult kids can prevent you from uttering them. It can also ...

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 ...

Checking in on your parents as an adult might not have been written into the script of growing up, but here you are, navigating a relationship that’s evolving faster than you can say "empty nest." ...

An excerpt from the very long Doe 1 v. Lamb, decided Tuesday by the Appellate Court of Connecticut, in an opinion by Judge Nina Elgo, joined by Judges Robert Clark and Dawne Westbrook: This civil ...

Parenting doesn’t stop when your kids grow up—it just changes shape. Roles evolve, and the words you once said without ...

I’m close with the mom of this child, but now I feel like there is a strain on my parent friendship because my child was the ...

Most of us have been in a bad relationship at some point in our lives. Maybe it was the bad boy or girl who betrayed your trust, or the wolf in sheep’s clothing who pretended to be Mr. or Ms. perfect ...

Dear Eric: The short version is I caught my ex-wife in bed with someone when I was 26 years old. At the time I had 2-, 4-, and 6-year-old children. Two boys and one girl. I remarried at 30 years old ...