Navigating adulthood with the shadow of a toxic upbringing is challenging. If you had toxic parents, you might find yourself struggling with certain expressions that seem second nature to others.

Tensions in relationships between parents and their adult children are nothing short of common. Whether they’re caused by the natural kind of disconnection that happens when children leave home or by ...

Emerging adult children and their parents can experience growing pains as they navigate a changing relationship. AJ_Watt/E+ via Getty Images As a professor of child development and family science, ...

Building a strong relationship with your adult child requires intentional effort. You can’t put it on autopilot and expect it to work. Nor can you continue to treat your adult child as you did when ...

While big, outspoken emotions like anger can contribute to a long-term sense of tension and hostility in a parent-child relationship, many subtle resentments also sabotage a family's dynamic. From ...

Once upon a time there would have been no need for this article. Long ago parents did not need to figure out how to redesign a relationship with their adult-children. Life was predictably short, and ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been having a friend-with-benefits relationship with a man I’ll call “Gene.” We are both in our 70s. He lives an hour away, and we see each other once a month. Gene is married, but ...