As a professor of child development and family science, every year I witness college students heading home for the holidays ...

Jonathan T. Rothwell and Telli Davoodi, two researchers at Gallup, recently carried out a study aimed at exploring the link ...

Whether it's a pride thing or simply a misunderstanding, refusing to own up to your mistakes can really damage a parent-child relationship. "Apologizing teaches kids that respect goes both ways.

Today’s newsletter explores how the parent-child relationship changes during the college years, and how to help guide students through all that college brings. Today’s college students will ...

However, estrangement from the adult child’s perspective offers an opportunity to demonstrate greater authority and autonomy in the relationship with the parent, set limits on hurtful behavior ...

In my practice that focuses on parent-adult child relationships, I find that today’s expectations of parents follow similar lines to those of the contemporary romantic ideal: the soulmate.

The law recognizes the parent-adult child relationship in ways that might not be obvious. We’ll use Michael and his father as an example. Michael celebrated his 18th birthday by packing his bags ...

But, the parent-child relationship is always evolving, including negotiating -- and renegotiating -- power and control as children age. In fact, families have been preparing for these new role ...