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The fear that your parents’ comments will seem to your kids the same way they seemed to you is usually unfounded. Many adult children of dysfunctional families don’t want their kids to interact with ...

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.