Parental unresolved trauma can show up as fear or detachment, and it can prevent secure emotional bonds, even without abuse.

"Being involved in my children’s lives. My parents were very disconnected and disinterested in us as children, and often told ...

Let me preface this by saying that my parents have had an incredibly trying year. My eldest brother passed away last year ...

My parents have been married for 52 years. I'm not following their example in my own relationship. They mostly followed traditional roles, but my husband and I are aiming for a balanced partnership. A ...

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who tries to balance the needs of her divorced parents — but ...

When you’re a kid, you operate on this belief that adults, most importantly your parents, have all the answers, never ...

I feel guilty about the lie we’d have to keep up, but we would be much happier. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist since 2015 and ...

I have a younger sister, “Elle,” who is now 26. A bit over seven years ago, Elle came out as trans, and our parents reacted badly and threw her out of the home. I took her in briefly, but helped her ...

Christine struggled with identifying her experiences as abuse. “Yes, it certainly was,” she began, “but it's so hard for me to acknowledge that. My grandfather was very abusive to my mother. My ...

Most dog owners love spoiling their fur-babies, but a couple from Boston, Massachusetts, took it a little too far, putting their 14-year-old pup and his overindulgent expectations before their own ...