Inside the Reconnection Club, my online school for parents of estranged adult children, a member recently posted this comment: “As a Baby Boomer, I was raised to respect our elders. Now I hear ...

"Sometimes I just lock myself in the bathroom and hide from my son. I can't take the disrespect anymore" —Mom of a teen Sadly, this is not an unusual sentiment. Parents feel overwhelmed by their teens ...

Many people, especially younger generations of adult kids, get caught up in the “right” and “wrong” of their beliefs. They perceive their own values and opinions to be right, causing a lot of ...

“One of the most urgent things that parents and families need is affordable childcare,” Vice President Kamala Harris declared earlier this year. If this sounds like Obamacare for childcare, you’re not ...

The Supreme Court might be on to something in its recent decision allowing a group of Muslim and Christian parents to opt their young children out of public school lessons that feature ...

What if the greatest act of respect wasn’t blind obedience, but the courage to think for yourself? What if choosing your own ...

Aretha Franklin's "Respect" refers to a romantic relationship. Yet the lyrics can apply to many relationships, including strained ones between parents and their adult children: A little respect (just ...

If your adult kid uses phrases like “I don’t have time for this” in response to conversations with a parent that would otherwise be supportive and empowering, they don’t respect you at all. They care ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — At age 17, Melinda Amadeo Spierer’s child, Nate Shalev, who was assigned female at birth, told her they were dating “a girl.” Spierer, a retired school teacher, confessed it took ...