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Jul 11 As children’s free play declined from the 1950s onward, measures of anxiety, depression and helplessness rose across… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 10 A hard childhood makes some people fragile and others unbreakable, it all comes down to one factor researchers kept… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 9 There's a reason so many people raised in the 60s find it hard to accept help even now, and it isn't stubbornness, the… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 9 The generation raised in the 1970s didn't have mindfulness apps, therapists on speed dial, or a vocabulary for anxiety Daniel Moran
Jul 9 There's a word for the ache of watching your childhood home get sold with you still standing in it, and psychologists… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 8 The people who forgive an absent parent late in life rarely do it for the parent, and studies on late reconciliation… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 8 The grandparents children remember most warmly often weren't the ones with the most to give, they were the ones who… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 8 People who flinch when their adult children offer to help with things they have always done themselves often aren't… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 7 The proverb "a child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth" points to something… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 7 The grown daughter who slows down, brightens her voice and calls her eighty-year-old mother “sweetie” while buttoning… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 7 Opinion | Adult children don't usually cut parents off for being imperfect — they cut them off for being unreachable The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 7 Opinion | Adults without children often aren't avoiding responsibility The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 7 The eldest child everyone calls the responsible one and the baby of the family everyone treats as the free spirit… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 7 The children of the 1960s and 70s weren't born tougher The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 6 Norway's Lundehund has six toes on each foot and can bend its head backward to touch its own spine, a set of traits it… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 5 The older person who suddenly can't recall a short list right after someone jokes about "senior moments" often isn't… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 5 There's a certain type of person who has been watching your entire life on Facebook for the last decade Daniel Moran
Jul 4 If you really want your adult children to open up to you, say goodbye to these 5 behaviors The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 4 The parents who take a grown child back into a house the other children had already emptied often aren’t quietly… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 4 We tend to treat happiness and meaning as the same pursuit, but the data separates them cleanly The Artful Age Editorial Team