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 ...

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 ...

I’d seen micromanaging parents but I didn’t realize it was a trend until my daughter was going into her senior year of college more than a decade ago. She had a scheduling issue that would have ...

From before they are even born, we love our children. And we continue to want the best for them whether we’re swaddling them in their cradle or packing them off to college. But when we feel the ...

All relationships change over time, even within families. As kids age, it can be hard for parents to let them separate and accept that they have independent lives. At the same time, it can be hard for ...

All relationships go through periods of transformation. A marked change happens when kids grow up, leave the house, and embark on their own journey. For some adult children, being apart from their ...

Setting financial boundaries, especially financial ones, with adult children presents some unique challenges. On the one hand, you want to help them out when they’re in a bind. But you don’t want to ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Earlier this month, 30-year-old Michael Rotondo made headlines after being court-ordered to move out of his parents’ home in New York. The legal battle bears the question: at what ...

The cost of living is rising every year, making it increasingly common for adult children to live with their parents. One in three U.S. adults aged 18 to 34 currently resides with at least one parent.