When Sandi Mitchell’s partner died in fall 2023 after a difficult illness, she was devastated by the loss, though it was far from her only taste of grief. Her first husband had died in 1999 after a ...
A good place to start is by asking questions. You can try talking about things you’ve noticed yourself or that’ve been in the news. For example, you might mention that a friend is helping their ...
For much of our lives, our parents seemed to have all the answers. They were in charge, and they always knew what to do and how to fix the problem. For many adult children, however, there comes a time ...
Dear Eric: I am 40 and physically disabled. I need a powered wheelchair to get around both outside and inside my apartment. Recently, my tires were popped by some broken glass from a bottle thrown out ...
It’s challenging to watch your parents get older — to see the father who taught you to play sports now struggle with stairs or to worry that the mother who once drove you to school should no longer be ...
Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses the warning signs for aging parents with Kim and Mike Barnes of Parenting Aging Parents. Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement Network This ...
No one had a perfect childhood or perfect parents. But some, unfortunately, grew up with a narcissistic parent—a person so focused on themselves that they warped their kids's whole identity and sense ...