Here are simple ways to foster a positive, long-standing relationship with your child after they move out of your home.
Adult children whose parents divorced when they were young face a number of challenges, some big and some small. Once they ...
Being a parent to an adult child is certainly different from raising a toddler, a school-age kid or even a teenager. What they needed from you five, 10 or 20 years ago isn’t what they need from you ...
As adult children (and their parents and grandparents) can probably tell you, a relationship changes greatly when the child becomes a grown-up. No longer does the parent or grandparent have as much ...
Half of all parents with adult children provide regular financial support. The average support per adult child amounts to $1,474 per month. Some parents contribute more to their kids than to their own ...
A recent Cornell study found that 27% of adults are estranged from a family member. Research from Ohio State finds that 26% of fathers are estranged from an adult child—and that fathers are 22% more ...
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 ...