The way we connect with others as adults is often shaped by our earliest experiences with caregivers. From birth, a child seeks comfort, security and love, forming attachments that become the ...
Businesses and non-profit organizations regularly open and move in Saskatoon. Today the StarPhoenix talks to Dr. Marlena ...
Alongside the changing dynamics, experiences, and stressors of any given family dynamic, it can be incredibly difficult for parents to manage a healthy relationship with their own adult children.
It’s common for aging parents to have unrealistic expectations for their relationship with adult children. I want to empower adults to begin setting boundaries with parents even when a difficult ...
When it comes to parenting children and teenagers, we can barely move for books, podcasts and friends offering advice. But the burden of parenthood doesn’t end when a child turns 18 – and, if anything ...
Finding yourself on the outs with your adult child is one of the most gut-wrenching experiences a parent can face. Whether the distance grew slowly over the years or erupted from a specific incident, ...
Relationships are a two-way street, even between parents and their adult children. Sometimes, parents and their adult children have preconceived notions about each other, making it difficult for them ...
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 ...
2. "I used to see them as an authoritative figure. Now they’re just my parents. Have to parent them a bit, though, now. Arrange appointments, tell them not to come home too late, etc." 4. "It got ...