My parents told me they were getting divorced when my two siblings and I wer in our late teen years. I was upset, but I can’t really say I was too surprised—they never seemed that in love or ...

Readers reacted to my column from the 13-year-old dealing with parents who split up. The email below was the most poignant. Q. I’m glad that 13-year-old had you to talk with. My family isn’t big on ...

Whatever we believe about the effects of divorce on young children, we often assume "parental divorce won't hurt an adult child." Foster, a writer for the Washingtonian and a member of the "lost-nest ...

The more the preoccupied attachment parent pursues the avoidant adult child to have a closer relationship, the more smothered ...

Kendra Beigel was 14 years old when her family life took a turn for the worse. In her small-town Minnesota home, she was used to her parents arguing, but her family situation further disintegrated ...

Dear Eric: I am a single, recent college graduate whose parents have just gone through a very nasty divorce. As much as I love them both, there is a “bad guy” in the whole situation, and it is clearly ...

Gray divorce refers to couples 50 years and older who are ending their marriage. Research indicates that the divorce rate for this population in the U.S. has doubled since 1990 and is expected to ...

It’s natural for parents to experience a disconnect with their adult children when they leave home and start their own lives, but that doesn’t make it easy. With new expectations, experiences, ...

Q. Although my ex has never been officially diagnosed, she must have some sort of affliction because no one could be as terrible as she is without having something. That’s fine for me. I left her long ...