No one had a perfect childhood or perfect parents. But some, unfortunately, grew up with a narcissistic parent—a person so focused on themselves that they warped their kids's whole identity and sense ...

Memoirs, interviews and essays now widely celebrate “going no contact” with a parent. The New York Times published this, just a day ago: ”I Broke Up With My Abusive Mother. I Don't Regret That ...

Dear Abby: My mother has cancer that has metastasized, and my family is now expecting me to talk to her. We haven’t had a relationship in nine years, ever since she moved out of state with her ...

More young adults are living at home with their parents these days. Fifty-seven percent of individuals ages 18 to 24 are residing in a parent’s home, compared with 53% in 1993, according to surveys of ...

If you’re a fan of Sirens, then you watched the difficulties and conflicts that can arise when one sibling is estranged from a parent while the other is invested in their well-being. In this pivotal ...

Grew up with chaos, control, or neglect? Discover how to heal the wounds of high-conflict parenting and build real self-love.

Looking through the eyes of my parent coaching clients, it's one of the hardest things to admit: Your adult child is emotionally abusive. Not just moody or ungrateful—abusive. Maybe they blow up at ...

Growing up in a household with someone like this can be detrimental to your development and have significant repercussions on your behaviors and coping mechanisms as an adult. To understand it all, we ...