Watching your adult child grow distant or even hostile can be heartbreaking as a parent. Many parents I coach come to me feeling deeply hurt and confused, wondering what went wrong and how they can ...

We come into the world as blank slates, ready to receive a lifetime of knowledge. Our parents and primary caregivers act as guides, showing us how to treat ourselves and others in a way that aligns ...

Mothering does not end when our kids are 18 or 21. Mothering adult children is hard, and very few parenting books focus on this very long period in the parent-child relationship. Mothering adult ...

This topic may be a bit controversial as I know there is not a one-size-fits-all when it comes to this subject. For some families, adult children and parents happily live together under one roof. That ...

Parents will do anything for their kids, but that could be coming at a huge cost ‒ to themselves, according to a new study. More than a third (36%) of the 3,000 parents surveyed by Ameriprise in ...

The empty nest is a milestone longed for by many parents coffee and peace of mind in the mornings, the tidy house, and the freedom to resume personal pursuits. But for ever more families, that vision ...

Jonathan B. Santo does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Sadness is an emotion we often associate with breakups, job loss, or death. But it doesn’t only appear when catastrophe strikes. As psychotherapists and parent educators, we know sadness is also a ...