If you clicked on this article because you want to be your kid’s best friend, you’re in the right place. It’s natural to want to be close to your kid(s), and there’s nothing wrong with that. I’d be ...

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Ian Pierpoint of Synovate, a market research company, surveyed 1,000 parents who lived with children ages 12 to 30 and an additional 500 children in the same age range in the U.S., UK, and Canada. The ...

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My friend’s 16-year-old daughter, let’s call her Meg, is part of a large friend group at school. Together they maintain an unwieldy group chat, hang out on weekends, and take over a lunch table at ...

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Expecting a spouse to be both friend and lover is a relatively new concept. Some think it’s asking too much. By Catherine Pearson Stephanie Lopez is effusive about her husband’s good qualities. He is ...