Telephoning, texting, emailing, Skyping, visiting, shopping, sharing a meal,  vacationing together, running a 5K,  doing home repairs:  The ways that parents interact with their adult children range from the mundane to the magical.  A family studies professor examined those everyday interactions between parents and adult children and published a survey with some surprising results.
Purdue University Professor [...]

If something goes wrong on vacation does the mom usually feel responsible?
It sounded like a great idea — a week in the sun with our college-age daughter.  We’d get a break from the routine in the city and the biting cold; she’d get a chance to recover from exams and catch up on her sleep.  [...]

News flash:  An 87-year-old, white-haired grandma enjoys old age!   
Betty Schneider, featured on the PBS “Rethinking Happiness” series last week, finds that a full social schedule, taking classes and spending time with her children and grandchildren adds up to a “wonderful” life.
 The series reported on research debunking the myth that we become unhappier as we grow [...]

 We’ve returned after a holiday hiatus and are catching up on m21 topics and trends.  There seems to be more and more news, magazine articles, books, and academic and survey research about parenting and adult children.  During the coming year we will cover these myriad sources. More important, we’d like to hear from you, our [...]