Questions tagged [adult-child]
Age specific questions from about 17 years and up. Younger: teen.
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My adult daughter is a heavy smoker because of me, is there anything I can do?
My daughter started smoking pretty early, stealing cigarettes from me. Throughout her teens I allowed her to smoke and even provided cigarettes to her. I thought that fighting her habit would be both ...
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Progressing from learning by writing things down and reviewing to just doing
A child, in school, remembers things by writing them down and going over them.
An adult, just remembers things (even, ad they are said to them, in conversation).
So, my question is, (as, adults, are ...
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Will my behavior towards my son affect his future married life?
My son (M20) is still studying in college and scores well in his subjects. I noticed he started befriending girls his age and driving with them on bikes, so I confronted him about this matter. He ...
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I am planning to ask for divorce. Should I inform my BPD wife's friends so they are prepared to support her?
My wife and I have been married over 20 years. We have two autistic young adult children, and she has borderline personality disorder.
Due to BPD, my wife has abused the children emotionally in many ...
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Son’s friends circle has gone to zero
Our son is 23 and still living at home. He is planning to leave the house next year and rent an apartment. He used to have a lot a friends and girlfriends too, but since the COVID epidemic in 2021 he ...
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How can we motivate a young adult without breaking the family?
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One of my children is in her early 20's and deeply stuck. She has
finished high school during the first COVID-19 lockdown, has then had a short stint at living alone and studying (aborted ...
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How do I tap into my 18 year old daughter?
My abusive and controlling partner of twenty years, locked my out of our jointly owned home. I have since had to fund alternative accommodation from my savings, he hasn’t let me have any contents, I’m ...
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How to encourage an adult child who reacts negatively to encouragement yet still fails without it?
I (28, male) am asking this question on my parents' behalf. My sibling, who I'll call Jay (24, nonbinary they/them) is currently in their 7th year of what should have been a 4-year BS college degree ...
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Selling a house post-divorce
I am 22 years old, an only child, and haven't lived with my parents (save for the summer months) since I started college in 2017. I am graduated as of 2020 and I have a stable and well paying job in a ...
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Is my mom overly controlling?
I just wanted some help. I’m 18.
Lately I have been really confused if my mother is overtly controlling or I’m just a frustrated teen or it is dysfunctional household.
I really don’t know where to ...
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17 year old son decided he is a girl but previous to coming out has never shown signs of feminine behavior [closed]
My now 18 year old son came out as transgender six months ago. He has never been girly. He is a stinky teenage boy, who does not clean his room, has to be forced to bathe and his voice and manner of ...
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What's a good approach to a kid who behaves rudely in home
I'm not a parent myself but it is regarding my younger sibling and I don't know where to go with this situation.
My younger brother is 20 years old and in his final year of college, currently ...
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How to teach my 22 year old stepson to communicate instead of burning inside?
I became stepdad to an adult boy (22) (I am not the biological dad). He didn't have anyone to teach him or a father-like figure since his dad passed away when he was 7.
He never went to college or ...
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Looking for options to deal with 18-yo who refuses to grow up [closed]
My stepdaughter has recently turned 18. She has severe behavioral problems: she urinates in her bedroom, often in her clothes; she starts fires with a lighter; and she refuses to do anything other ...
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As a parent, what do I need to do when my adult child leaves home?
My firstborn will leave home soon and is off to study at a university a few hours away from home. Being a first, this is quite a new situation for me. What we (mostly she herself) have done so far is:
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