Creative action plays with the unknown. But as the child fears the dark... the adult child will be fearful too, faced with… — Arthur J. Deikman Copy Share Image
“We must love our adult children enough to let them go. This is what tough love is. We must hope that their… — Allison Bottke Copy Share Image
There's simply no way you can tell a woman you work with that you disapprove of her relationship with her adult child,… — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
This is the pain-pleasure of having newly adult children; they're innocent and ruthless in forgetting their sweet old dependence. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Look, guys. That's my sweetheart in there. I'm not leaving her. This is my home now. Your mother is my home. -Duke… — The Notebook Copy Share Image
“ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) Counseling can break the cycle in your family. Did you parent your parents? Chaos seem normal? Unhappiness… — Spiritual Healing Copy Share Image
“With improved coping skills forged through my midlife crisis, I now listen first and do not control, and I allow these now… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
Allowing adult children who live at home who are in between jobs to stay on their parents' health care, I think that's… — Jack Kingston Copy Share Image
With grown children, we can look back at both our mistakes and what we did well in our parenting, having conversations with… — Wendy Lustbader Copy Share Image
It helps parents to feel better if we remind them of our failures with them! And how they turned out just fine… — Eda LeShan Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is a man who just absorbs information and people and experiences. And I've witnessed him firsthand with his five children,… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
“If you live long enough & have changed enough diapers like I have raising 6 whole grown adult children one-at-a-time; you ought… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
I've always been quite mature because of the way my parents brought me up. They were very good at talking to me… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
Nothing is more debilitating than to care about something you can't do anything about. And you can't do anything about your adult… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, pregnancy and caregiving are far too often key triggers for workplace discrimination. This bias cuts across class lines and impacts all… — Randi Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
Being an adult child was an awkward, inevitable position. You went about your business in the world: tooling around, giving orders, being… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Most adult children of toxic parents grow up feeling tremendous confusion about what love means and how it’s supposed to feel. Their… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“The observer self, a part of who we really are, is that part of us that is watching both our false self… — Charles L. Whitfield Copy Share Image
“Why isn't there a commandment to "honor thy children" or at least one to "not abuse thy children"? The notion that we… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“Your child, too, will one day be an adult. For them to live life with the same degree of independence as neurotypical… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“When he was a kid, it used to feel like his parents disappeared when the got drunk. As the levels of their… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“That night, I take Wallerstein's book from my bedside table and re-read something she mentioned only in passing: the ambivalence that many… — Katie Hafner Copy Share Image
Sometimes in this life, your adult children can be your worst nightmare and become enemies of your soul. Hurts and pains are… — Olivia Elizabeth Brooks Copy Share Image
“Cermak said, “Those therapists who work successfully with this population have learned to honor the client’s need to keep a lid on… — Charles L. Whitfield Copy Share Image
“When parents are shame-based and needy, they are unable to take over the mirroring narcissistic function for the child. Furthermore, the fact… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Often when we speak of exercising 'tough love'...we think of it being tough on the adult child, when in reality it's tough… — Bill Taylor Copy Share Image
“You raise them half-decent, and they grow up and leave. They move to Miami or California-- someplace with gourmet groceries and nude… — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“Adult children – not having a good idea of what ‘normal’ is – tend to guess a lot of the time. They… — Judy Klipin Copy Share Image
As chairman of the housing committee, I had to help the council wrestle with the pressure on social housing from asylum seekers… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
What stalwart Republican would stop Trump from profiteering for his businesses from the White House the way he's gamed his companies and… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
I have three adult children, and I have four grandchildren. I want to stop the deficits. I want to make sure that… — Doug Hoffman Copy Share Image
Raising children is a spur-of-the-moment, seat-of-the-pants sort of deal, as any parent knows, particularly after an adult child says that his most… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The role you've been ascribed in childhood can twist or break apart or seem outgrown, especially when you have your own family… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
