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Boomerang Kids: When Adult Children Move Back Home

If you have adult children living at home with you, you're not alone: A 2023 survey highlighted in USA Today…

Empty Nest Transitions: Advice and Stories from Three Moms Who Have Been There

Dropping your youngest off at college or walking your child down the aisle are emotional moments that mark major transitions…

The Best/Worst Dad Jokes

No one knows exactly when Dad Jokes became a phenomenon. While many fathers will claim to be the first, the…

What Motherhood Means To Me

The idea of the mothers portrayed in 1960s movies and art is as outdated as many other attitudes of that…

13 Grown-Up Things Kids Should Know

If you're like most of us, you probably had to learn plenty of life lessons — some of them the…

Parenting Adult Children: How to Support Without Overstepping

Last year we published a piece called Adult Children: The Guide to Parenting Your Grown Kids. Many readers responded by…

Life Lessons From Five Sons Who Took Dad’s Best Advice

What is it about your dad's advice that gives it staying power throughout your life? Even if Dad got on…

Adult Children: The Guide to Parenting Your Grown Kids

Parenting adult children: it's one of the most difficult—and yet least discussed—life transitions facing today's boomers. Toddler tantrums and teen…

What To Do When Your Adult Kids Keep Fighting

Kids go through many phases as they grow up and as a parent, you were there every step of the…

When Adult Children Move to Be Near Parents

When parents get older and need help, they often move closer to their adult children. But there's another path some…