Therapists can help estranged families understand the past, work on making amends, and potentially rebuild their ...

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, ...

Adult children's avoidance of visiting their parents is rarely about laziness or ingratitude. It reflects complex, measurable ...

Children and parents who have undergone forced separation from each other in the absence of abuse, including cases of parental alienation, are highly subject to post-traumatic stress; thus, ...

While many of the struggles adult children face as a result of their childhood experiences later in life have to do with alienation and unmet needs growing up, according to a study from journal ...

In the intricate dance of family dynamics, maintaining a strong bond with your adult children often requires a pivot. Gone are the days of parental authority; they are replaced by a friendship built ...

There's a strange thing that happens when a person you once knew as your child seems, over years, to forget the sound of your ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Navigating the parent-adult child relationship can be ...

Two new articles—“Parental Alienating Behaviors: An Unacknowledged Form of Family Violence” (Harman, Kruk, & Hines, 2018), appearing in Psychological Bulletin, and “Parental Alienation as a Form of ...

As children grow into adults and learn the value of their own independence, thei relationship with their parents naturally evolves as well. They no longer need to tell their parents where they're ...