Blaming yourself — or your child — for the cracks in your relationship isn’t going to make things better between the two of ...

Bardot is survived by one adult child, Nicolas, with whom she had a complicated, estranged relationship. Here is where ...

In the middle of a diaper change or during a teenage shouting contest, parents might dream of the day they are on the "same ...

So, if your adult child still treats people with respect, regardless of whether or not they agree with them, you raised them ...

Research from recent decades shows that versions of Kara’s experience are common for less favored siblings. In childhood, ...

It’s not just a child’s temperament, personality or experiences that play a role; it’s their parents’ habits, too. Ahead, ...

Many people, especially younger generations of adult kids, get caught up in the “right” and “wrong” of their beliefs. They perceive their own values and opinions to be right, causing a lot of ...

If your adult child is unmotivated, stuck, or disengaged, it may not be laziness at at. Many parents are responding to the ...

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 ...

As a professor of child development and family science, every year I witness college students heading home for the holidays after a few months of relative independence. Anecdotally, most students ...

I have spent my career studying what makes people live healthier and longer. My mom and dad are proof that the key is staying ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to parents who have never received Christmas gifts from either of ...