Mallerie Shirley and Christopher Pleasants let their first grader scooter a third of a mile alone. A stranger asked why he was alone. Days later, a case worker showed up at their door. The couple was ...

Now more than ever, adult children's relationships with their parents matter, and not just when the kids still live at home with aging parents. Due to complex economic and social reasons, more young ...

Even though people may be good parents, they can't be perfect all the time, if that standard even exists. Especially when navigating a relationship with your children into adulthood, life gets in the ...

When my daughter Savannah was a toddler, I jokingly called her “my barnacle.” If you’ve ever seen a barnacle, you know they don’t just hang around; they attach. Permanently. For a stretch of time, ...