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Jun 18 My father called me last Tuesday for the first time in seven months Daniel Moran
Jun 18 You can outgrow your family without leaving them, and the staying is, in some ways, harder than going would have been… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 17 People born in the 50s and 60s were taught to swallow disappointment without naming it, to carry on, to not make a scene The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 17 People who walked to school alone, crossed busy streets, and knew which houses to avoid often describe it not as… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 17 Children who invent imaginary friends usually aren't lonely — the pattern often points the other way The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 17 Back in the 1970s, the concept of a family was being reorganized by divorce reform, mothers entering the workforce in… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 16 The single most consistent answer to the question of what makes people happy in their seventies is not, in the survey… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 16 Children who start lying around three or four often aren't showing a character flaw Chris Jeremia
Jun 16 The generation now entering their seventies and eighties learned, in childhoods almost no one under fifty would… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 16 Grandchildren often describe their grandparent as the safest adult in their life, and grandparents often say the same… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 16 People who feel sadness creep into their happiest moments as they grow older often aren't becoming melancholy, they're… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 15 Aging parents who feel close to their adult children, and the adult children who quietly feel more distance, are often… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 14 My dad is 67 and has no close friends, and the hardest part is that he'd never call it loneliness Daniel Moran
Jun 14 People who grew up feeling overshadowed by a domineering parent or sibling often can't answer the simple question "what… Daniel Moran
Jun 13 Older relatives who tell the same family stories at every gathering and the teenagers who barely seem to listen are… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 13 I'm 38 and I keep noticing my parents never spiral the way I do Daniel Moran
Jun 13 People who grew up translating their parents' moods often become adults who can read a room in seconds and can't, for… Daniel Moran
Jun 12 A lot of family healing starts when parents stop asking, “After all I did?” and begin asking, “What was it like for… Ainura Kalau
Jun 12 Sigmund Freud put childhood at the center of adult life, and the surprise is not that the past matters The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 12 Many adult children quietly watch their parents become gentler, warmer, and more patient grandparents than they ever… The Artful Parent Editorial Team