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Jun 2 Five everyday joys of a 1990s childhood that kids today are quietly growing up without Mal James
Jun 2 Adult children who stay close to their parents over decades often say it wasn't the big moments that kept them near Ainura Kalau
Jun 2 People who go no-contact with a parent aren't cold or dramatic The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 2 People who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s aren't more resilient because they were stronger The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 2 Why some grown children call their parents just to talk, and others only call when something is wrong The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 2 I've interviewed 100 parents of adult children and most of them said the hardest adjustment was learning that being… Ainura Kalau
Jun 2 People who grew up in dysfunctional families often develop adult skills nobody trained them in, including an unusual… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 2 Parents who raise the most emotionally resilient children aren't doing anything complicated The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 2 Research reveals adult children quietly going no-contact with their parents in their thirties and forties are almost… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 1 Most people who grew up before everything was filmed have a rare kind of privacy with themselves The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 1 Research suggests adults who grew up in the 1970s and 80s often have a small everyday strength their own children may… Kiran Journals
Jun 1 I asked ChatGPT to remind me of my 1990s childhood Mal James
Jun 1 There's a quiet skill that's becoming rare in people under thirty, the ability to feel the sting of having lost and let… Kiran Journals
Jun 1 Ask someone who grew up before recommendation algorithms how they found their favorite band, and you'll hear a story Daniel Moran
Jun 1 There's a quiet skill many people who grew up entertaining themselves have The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jun 1 The adult children who tend to stay genuinely close to their parents over decades often say it wasn't grand gestures… Ainura Kalau
May 31 When Sears mailed out its 1965 Christmas Wish Book to millions of American homes, the catalog had become so central to… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
May 30 There's a quiet skill many people who grew up before smartphones and iPads took over have The Artful Parent Editorial Team
May 30 People who choose their words very carefully may not always be overthinking Ainura Kalau
May 30 There's a specific kind of loneliness that can settle in when your adult children are doing well and you're no longer… Ainura Kalau