She says her children, who are both in their 20s, “smirk" and "roll their eyes” at her when she brings up driving lessons Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a ...

Kids grow up in the blink of an eye, and celebrity kids are no exception. One day they’re tiny, the next they’re all grown up ...

Parenting doesn’t stop when your kids grow up—but the rules do change. The problem? Many parents miss the memo, and what once felt like “good intentions” when their kids were little now registers as ...

Jamie Delaney didn’t know what to expect when she became an empty nester in 2023. She'd left her full-time job as a professor in child psychology 12 years ago to stay home with her two kids. Once her ...

Even if you think your children care, these phrases prove they do. As your kids grow up, they might start to find saying "I love you" cringey or too sentimental. It's tough as a parent to see your ...

I work with many estranged or low-contact adult children and their parents who are hoping to work through their issues and potentially reconcile. After years of this work, I have realized that the ...

America has a parenting problem. We’re raising our kids to be dependent adults – financially coddled long past the point of reason. And it’s not just hurting them. It’s killing our retirement. As a ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband has four grown children -- one from his first marriage; three with his late wife. Talk about drama! Who talks to whom? Who can’t stand whom? Who gets annoyed when one of them ...

A woman said she worries she “failed” as a parent because neither of her grown children — both in their 20s — can drive She said that she has attempted to incentivize them to learn, but they mostly ...