My son calls me every Sunday. Or he used to. Somewhere in the last year, the calls got shorter, then less frequent, then ...

"Adult children are at a different developmental stage," he points out. "They are building autonomy, identity and ...

You’re right, things have changed. And you may need to be flexible to re-establish a relationship with your adult child.

Recent psychological breakthroughs reveal that the strength of the parent-child bond is the primary architect of adult ...

Many parents of adult children absorb criticism, manipulation, or anger that they would not tolerate from anyone else. Here ...

Many Baby Boomer parents deeply value their relationship with their adult children, but some long-standing habits can ...

Whether you can claim an adult child as a dependent on your taxes depends on their age, income and living situation, as well as the level of financial support you provide to them. The IRS allows ...

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 ...

It wasn't an easy call. After years of quietly picking up tabs, covering rent gaps, and wiring money before payday, I finally ...

Every family is different, but there are specific common reasons why parents might distance themselves from their grown kids. Some are healthy while others may not be.

Family therapist reveals the uncomfortable truth: your adult children's last-minute dinner cancellations have nothing to do with their busy schedules and everything to do with exhausting family ...