Many parents of children with disabilities, including autism, wonder: can I stay home and get paid for caring for my child? The answer is: “sometimes, under very specific programs.” It depends on your ...

Being a parent to an adult child is certainly different from raising a toddler, a school-age kid or even a teenager. What they needed from you five, 10 or 20 years ago isn’t what they need from you ...

What do you do when your 19-year-old stepson aims no higher than a part-time Walmart job, dropped out of college and blows through cash while living at home? Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a ...

Parents will do anything for their kids, but that could be coming at a huge cost ‒ to themselves, according to a new study. More than a third (36%) of the 3,000 parents surveyed by Ameriprise in ...

When I coach parents, I often find myself helping them strategize how to help their adult sons and daughters become more independent. This can mean their becoming fully self-sustaining. Or, it may ...

Adult children who are struggling, whether due to anxiety, depression, relationship turmoil, or life direction, often feel that they are drained by shame or self-doubt. Parents who contact me for ...

An excerpt from the very long Doe 1 v. Lamb, decided Tuesday by the Appellate Court of Connecticut, in an opinion by Judge Nina Elgo, joined by Judges Robert Clark and Dawne Westbrook: This civil ...

Families across America are preparing for one of the largest wealth transfers in history. Yet research consistently shows that most failures in passing wealth between generations have little to do ...

A child suffered a critical injury in a morning shooting that also left an adult with injuries, Columbus police said. Police received a report of a shooting at 6:45 a.m. Sept. 22 in the 1700 block of ...