All Episodes

Want a Better Relationship With Your Adult Kids? Start With Yourself—and Your Friends

What to Do When Your Adult Child Doesn't Reach Out

Parenting 2.0: The Work Begins With Us | Dr. Francine Toder

Helping or Enabling? When Adult Children Return Home

Do We Really Know Our Adult Children? A Shift to Curiosity

The Grandparent No-Win Situation -- Real Questions, Real Answers

Episode Rerun: The Long Game with Adult Children: A Conversation with Dr. Lindsay Gibson

Parenting Adult Children: When Anxiety Disguises Itself as Love Learning the difference between loving and chasing

Ira Glass Made me Question Everything: You Might Too

Weddings, Etiquette and Listener Questions

The Bank of Mom and Dad -- When Helping Hurts

Doormat Mom No More: When Parents Say “Enough”

When Overthinking can make our Adult Children Feel Evaluated

Modern Grand Parenting, Boundaries and In-Law Dynamics

UPDATED! The Mother–Daughter Relationship Makeover (And What It Really Takes)

Forget Them Kids — Challenging the One-Sided Narrative of Family Estrangement

Just Do Nothing: Parenting Better by Doing Less

Best Guests. Best Advice. From 2025.

Ways We Sabotage Connection with our Adult Children

Tell Your Kids The Truth: A Dad, Three Sons and What he Wished he Knew

Prep for the Holidays: You Can Do it - with Grace, Boundaries -- and Self-Awareness

Episode Rewind: From Enabling To Empowering: Rethinking Parenting In The Age Of Anxiety

Grandparenting Without Overstepping: Love, Boundaries, and Listening

When Love Feels Like Judgment: Navigating Connection with our Adult Children

Vulnerability Without Judgment: Shifting Parent-Adult Child Dynamics

Your Adult Child's Boundaries are not a Rejection of You

When They are Little, They Sit on your Lap: When They are Big, they Sit on Your Heart

From Helicopter to Helper: Navigating Your Child's College Transition and Beyond

When To Speak Up, When To Bite Your Tongue: Dr. Lawrence Steinberg on Parent-Adult Child Dynamics

Embracing Emotional Maturity: The Path to Better Adult Relationships

Embracing Identity: How to Navigate LGBTQIA+ Conversations

Biting Your Tongue Doesn't Mean Giving Up Your Voice

Setting Them Free: Parenting Adult Children with Love and Logic

Celebrating Mother's Day: Building Lifelong Connections With Adult Children

Put Your Own Oxygen Mask On First: Parenting Adult Children With Compassion

Siblings Shape Our Lives More than we Realize

The Messy Truth About Mother-Daughter Relationships

Episode Rewind: Unraveling the Complexities of Famly

Understanding Modern Parenting: A Grandparent's Guide to Support

Healing Emotional Rifts Between Parents and Adult Children

Bright Kids Who Couldn't Care Less: When to Get Involved

Empowering Voices Against the Silence of Abuse

Overcoming Guilt and Embracing Change: Strengthening Bonds with Your Adult Kids

Home for the Holidays: Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being Together

Preparing for the Future: Conversations About Alzheimer's and Caregiving

The Art of Communication: Bridging Gaps with Adult Children

Bonus Rewind: Transforming Parenting Roles for a Resilient Future

Bonus Rewind: Navigating Your Adult Child's Dating Journey with Rachel Greenwald

Empathy and Boundaries: A New Approach to Parenting Adult Children

Supporting Millennial Independence: Tess Brigham on Guiding, Not Enabling

Season 3 Episode 83 Don't Bite Your Tongue with Dr. Ruth Nemzoff

Season 3 Episode 82 Bonus Rewind: The Delicate Balance of Parenting Adult Daughters

Season 3, Episode 81 Bonus Rewind When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us

Season 3, Episode 80 - Listener Questions

Season 3, Episode 79: Love After 50: Navigating Divorce, Widowhood and Stepchildren

Season 3 Episode 78 : Changing Landscape of Pregnancy: What Parents Need to Know

Season 3 Episode 77 Understanding and Supporting LGBTQIA+ Adult Children: Transformative Conversations with Matthew Rodriguez

Season 3 Episode 76: Parents Hope in the Face of Mental Health and Addiction

Season 3, Episode 75 An Entirely New Perspective on Young Adults

Season 3 Episode 74 Mother's Day Special: Tell 'Em What you Want!

Season 3 Episode 73: Fostering Resilience in Ourselves and Our Adult Children

Season 3 Episode 72 Navigating the Parent-Young Adult Relationship: Insights from 2024 Pew Research Study

Season 3 Episode 71 Navigating Sibling Relationships: A Deep Dive into Family Dynamics

Season 3 Episode 70 The Secret to Breaking the Conflict Cycle

Season 3, Episode 69 Using Love and Logic with Our Young Adult Kids

Season 3, Episode 68: Should Parents Meddle in their Adult Child's Dating Life? A Renowned Matchmaker Shares If, When and How to Navigate this Tricky Issue

Season 3 Episode 67: From Entitlement to Empathy: Redefining Love and the Mother/Daughter Relationship

Season 3, Episode 66 Step Back So They Can Step Forward with Julie Lythcott-Haims

Season 3 Episode 65 Unraveling the Complexities of Parenting with Jessica Grose

Season 3 Episode 64: The TRICK to Building Healthy Relationships with our Adult Kids with Esther Wojicki

Season 3 Episode 63: Boomerang Kids, Loneliest Generation, Work-Life Balance, Entitlement and More

Season 3 Episode 62 Dr. Joshua Coleman

Season 3, Episode 61 Embracing Change. Letting Go of Control and Supporting Our Adult Children

Season 3 Episode 60 What to do When I'm Gone: My Daughter Catie Gliwa Co-Hosts

Season 3, Episode 59: A New Perspective: You and Your Adult Child with Dr. Laurence Steinberg

Season 2, Episode 58 WEDDING SEASON - THE BEST OF THE BEST

Season 2, Episode 57 PRIDE MONTH - What We Still Need to Know and Understand

Season 2, Episode 56 Bonus Rewind Fault Lines: Repairing Estranged Relationships

Season 2 Episode 55 Bonus Rewind Happy Mother's Day - Voices of Mothers and Adult Kids

Season 2 Episode 54 What Happened in Prague?

Season 2 Episode 53 Hello Again: A Fresh Start for Parents and Their Adult Children

Season 2 Episode 52 Scratches at Your Heart: Dealing with a Disrespectful Grown Child

Season 2 Episode 51 Lots of Listener Questions Answered! Lead with Emotion.

Season 2 Episode 50 Can you have a REAL Adult Relationship with Your Kids!

Season 2 Episode 49 Bonus Rewind: Religion, Spirituality and Your Adult Child

Season 2 Episode 48 What's Your Real Story? How to Inspire Your Adult Kids.

Season 2, Episode 47 Failure to Launch!

Season 2: Episode 46 Happily Ever After? Divorce and Your Adult Children

Season 2 Episode 45 Bonus Rewind: The Holidays and Your Adult Children with Jane Isay

Season 2 Episode 44 Should We Really be Biting our Tongues?

Season 2 Episode 43 Meet Katie Couric's Daughters: Learn about their NEW PODCAST and SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS

Season 2 Episode 42 Step-Parenting: One of the Hardest and Most Rewarding Jobs

Season 2 Episode 41 Reconciling Past Hurt: Estrangement and Beyond

Season 2 Episode 40 Want a Good Night's Sleep? Listen Now.

Season 2 Episode 39 Bonus Rewind Mental Health and Why it Matters so Much

Season 2 Episode 38 Bonus Rewind Dr. Susan Heitler Talk the Talk

Season 2 Episode 37 BONUS REWIND Millennial Therapist Gives us the Inside Scoop (Season 2, Episode 26)

Season 2 Episode 36 Bonus Rewind When They're Grown, the Real Pain Begins

Season 2 Episode 35 Bonus Rewind Why Emerging Adults are Much like Preschoolers

Season 2, Episode 34 COVID and Young Adults -- What You Need to Know

Season 2, Episode 33 My Heart Myself: A Guide for Life

Season 2 Episode 32 Father's Day Special with Dr. Deryl Goldberg

Season 2 Episode 31: Bonus Rewind PRIDE MONTH

Season 2, Episode 30: Pride Month: Pronoun Refresher

Season 2, Episode 29: The Mother Daughter Struggles

Season 2 Episode 28 WEDDINGS 2.0: Parents and Groom's Role

Season 2, Episode 27: Reluctantly-Related: Sagas of the Mother-in-Law Myth

Season 2, Episode 26 Millennial Therapist: What are the Unique Struggles of Today's Young Adults

Season 2, Episode 25: "Okay Stupid," and OTHER THINGS YOUR ADULT KIDS SAY ABOUT YOU

Season 2 Episode 24: Building Your Best Life After the Empty Nest with Julia Pimsluer

Season 2, Episode 23 Mothering Difficult Adult Children

Season 2, Episode 22: When They're Grown, the Real Pain Begins

Season I Episode 21 We're On it! Answering Listener Questions

Season 2 Episode 20: My Everything with Einat Nathan

Season I Episode 19 Finale: A Surprise Compilation of the Season

Season I Episode 18: What Legal Documents Your Adult Children Need Now!

Season I Episode 17 Part II: Holidays - and your Adult Children - Ginny Jones

Season I Episode 17 Part I: Holidays - and your Adult Children - Jane Isay

Season I: Episode 16 When Grown Kids Disappoint Us

Season I Episode 15: Mental Health Matters - Understanding and Supporting

Season I: Episode 14: Empty Nest? Empty Marriage? Spice it Up!

Season I Episode 13: Hey Adult Kids We Need to Talk: Financial Planning with Cameron Huddleston

Season I: Episode 12 ADULT-ISH: What it Means to Be a Young Adult

Season I: Episode 11 -- Grandparenting: The one thing you need to know!

Season I: Episode 10 - The Voices of the Young Adults

Season I: Episode 9 - Dr. Larry Nelson and Why Emerging Adults are a bit like big Preschoolers!

Season I: Episode 8 - Exploring and Understanding Gender Identity LGBTQ+: For Parents and All of Us!!

Season I: Episode 7 - Talk the Talk: A Conversation with Relationship Therapist Dr. Susan Heitler

Season I: Episode 6 - Whose God is it Anyway? Let's talk Spirituality and our Adult Children

Season I: Episode 5 - Parenting Adult Children with Special Needs

Season I: Episode 4 - Whose Wedding is it, Anyway?

Season I: Episode 3 - Mother's Day! An episode to share and love - with messages from adult kids!

Season I: Episode 2 - MONEY...and your Adult Children!

Season I: Episode 1 - Adulting Made Easy with Guest, Author Amanda Morin

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