Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who is seeking closure after a tumultuous childhood.

I went to stay with my parents for a month and ended up staying for five. I felt very taken care of while I was there, and we also got to know each other better. I wouldn't trade the experience or our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Megan Maloy/Getty Images/Image Source Alison Brewerton is a single mom who had been working near London when she and her ex split.

When I was 38 weeks pregnant, my husband and I had to move in with my parents. I wanted to nest, but I was in my childhood bedroom. It was a familiar space, but it wasn't ours. Their support was ...

After college, my parents and I continued to relate in the same way we had when I was young. The mismatch pushed me to change my relationship with my parents. We became best friends in the process.

The following is an excerpt from “When the Bed Bugs Bite: A Memoir of My Queer Life” by Daniel Kelty. Her sickening submissiveness made me speak up. I turned my attention to her during one of my ...

We have a saying in my very large, very Italian-American family: "I'd rather be paranoid than oblivious. Always be aware." I was groomed to be paranoid, to look over my shoulder and scan the rooms I ...

If you stop me on Locust Walk for a fit check, most of what I am wearing started in my mom’s closet. My apartment tells the same story, furnished with the “good” hand towels, the sturdy pots, and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After struggling to find freelance work or a full-time job, I moved back in with my parents. It's been an adjustment to get used ...

Last December, my family spent two weeks traveling through Europe. I'd expected my parents to take the lead, as they'd done so many times before during my childhood. But this time, they depended on my ...