Emerging adult children and their parents can experience growing pains as they navigate a changing relationship. AJ_Watt/E+ via Getty Images As a professor of child development and family science, ...

After college, my parents and I continued to relate in the same way we had when I was young. The mismatch pushed me to change my relationship with my parents. We became best friends in the process.

There's even a trick for getting them to stop treating you like a kid When we’re kids, our relationship with our parents is pretty straightforward. They feed, clothe and love us—and we lean on them ...

While perspectives on love, relationship values, and expressions of affection tend to naturally shift throughout generations and age groups, the pursuit of connection is one thing that remains the ...

Blaming yourself — or your child — for the cracks in your relationship isn’t going to make things better between the two of ...

A recent Cornell study found that 27% of adults are estranged from a family member. Research from Ohio State finds that 26% of fathers are estranged from an adult child—and that fathers are 22% more ...