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When parents don't feel as close to their grown children as they'd like, the finger often points to the kids: they're too ...
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If Your Adult Kid Uses These 11 Phrases, You Raised A Very Good Person

Verbally expressing emotions to others is a good sign that you have raised a very good person. When they are capable of ...
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When parents announce their decision to separate, the focus typically shifts to supporting younger children through the transition. However, divorce can profoundly affect adult children as well, ...
My childhood was far from ideal. I endured multiple prolonged traumatic experiences, often described as complex trauma, but what weighed most heavily on me as a child was the constant turmoil within ...
Following Kody Brown’s breakups with three of his four wives, his relationships with most of his adult children have become ...