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Communication

How Often Should Adult Children Call Their Parents?

There is no healthy universal schedule. The better question is whether both people can rely on the connection without experiencing it as an obligation or a test.

7 min readEditorially reviewed
Communication

Why Repeated Reminders Feel Like Criticism

A reminder may sound practical to the parent giving it. Repetition can make an adult child hear a very different message: you do not trust me.

5 min readEditorially reviewed