A relationship works best when both partners get to be adults and no one is forced to become the parent. Here are two signs you're playing the role no one wants to play.

Self-care, coping strategies, and mindfulness practices may help you come to terms with your loss and the feelings that come with it. The finality of death can feel almost unbelievable, particularly when it strikes a parent, someone whose presence in your ...

A codependent parent may be overly controlling, feel an excessive sense of responsibility for their child, and have an intense need for approval. Childhood experiences within a dysfunctional family may lead to people becoming codependent parents.

Parents aiming to join family in Australia must adhere to strict Department of Home Affairs rules for Parent and Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visas. Accurate information, complete documentation, and timely responses are crucial for smooth processing and to prevent application refusals.

an inflated self-image a need for admiration and praise a strong sense of entitlement and superiority an exaggerated idea of personal importance a lack of empathy for others’ needs and feelings Narcissism exists on a spectrum. For someone who lives with ...

The death of a parent can send shock waves through your self-perception and reposition the mental space you occupy on the planet. The grief can be life changing. Think you’re noticing a higher than usual number of people posting on Facebook about a ...

One in 14 American children has a parent with a mental health condition. And children whose parents are struggling with mental illness become adults whose parents are struggling with mental illness. Whether or not this means that they also become their ...

When a parent dies, it’s always painful for a child. And a parent’s death by suicide—especially, research shows, a mother’s suicide—has an even more painful and potentially disturbing effect. The apparent suicide this week by Mary Richardson ...

The parent PLUS loan is a type of Direct PLUS loan that allows parents to take out a federal loan to pay for their undergraduate student's educational costs. Parent PLUS loans have a fixed interest rate of 8.94% and an origination fee of 4.228%, higher ...

Do you know someone who claims that their parent is their best friend, but the parent's teasing and joking makes them uncomfortable? Or maybe you’ve dated someone who drops everything to run to their parent’s side when the parent needs emotional support.

With nearly two decades in journalism, Dori Zinn has covered loans and other personal finance topics for the better part of her career. She loves helping people learn about money, whether that’s preparing for retirement, saving for college, crafting..