The moment you realize that other families don't turn spilled milk into a character assassination or that parents can ...

You don’t just wake up one day bad at love. That stuff is wired in early—through the fights you overheard, the apologies you never got, the emotional labor you carried before you even hit puberty.

A dysfunctional family’s vacation spirals into chaos when their constant bickering gets them kicked off a flight. Stranded ...

This article first appeared in the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader on Aug. 5, 2021. Families in America appear to be disintegrating, and with them, our collective mental health. In a column headlined ...

Family dynamics can be as complex as they are familiar. It’s no wonder that even the closest-knit groups can fall into the trap of petty power struggles. These are the small, everyday battles that can ...

In several previous posts, I examined how children often sacrifice themselves in order to stabilize unstable parents. I discussed common roles that they may play in order to do so like the savior, the ...

The fear that your parents’ comments will seem to your kids the same way they seemed to you is usually unfounded. Many adult children of dysfunctional families don’t want their kids to interact with ...

Source: Source: Office of National Statistics UK; open government licensing It seems like a lot more adults in the United States and the United Kingdom are living with their parents than ever before.