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Parents of adult children

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Mealtimes with adult children
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Ds leaving feels like bereavement
101
How do divorced parents deal with financial support for young adult children?
5
How to handle constant worry about adult children
63
ABANDONMENT OF ADULT CHILD AND NO EXPLANATION OR REASON
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Thread 57- Covid GCSE Cohort- Autumn 2026
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Does your Graduate child have a job?
231
In despair this evening trying to support severely depressed adult son.
29
Son still living at home
18
A question for those with adult children
139
Middle-aged son wanting to live with parents
135
MIL Birthday stress. Help.
22
DS lost contact-HELP
56
Careers and jobs - thread to help our young people not going to university
4
Do your adult dc pay board?
81
Thread 56 – Covid GCSE Cohort – Spring 26 – Yr 4 Uni and Graduates
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I’ve been helping my son out financially but I think I’ve made things worse
194
How much should adult son contribute?
21
Adult son barely eating
50
How to support DS?
5
Feel so hurt
37
Advice on how to cope with DD moving to Australia?
26
How often do you typically see adult DCs? Saw a post from a mum whose DD won't commit to spending some time with her once a fortnight and it upset me
131
How do young men meet friends in London?
46
Is anyone a reluctant carer for an adult child?
392
Estranged
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Has anyone’s teenage son come through a lonely, friendless stage?
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Help with DS26 and his mental health
7
child at university 2year
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Managing relationships during uni period
28
Nervous about my son's new relationship with a girl with a toddler.
117
Adult children saving at home
83
Need help for stressful situation with adult ds moved in and feeling hopeless about his life and future
12
21 DD with no friends
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Struggling with my adult child refusing support, work and responsibility at home
38
Does moving four hours away from adult children make parents selfish?
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Struggling with my adult daughter living at home and constant conflict
47
At wits end - adult son with ADHD driving me crazy
72
university present for sons girlfriend
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Son dropped this bombshell
81
Worried about my son who can’t find anywhere to live.
290
How to move forward
2
Am I obsessed with my DD
2
Selling my house - what to do about DS
169
Married to controlling partner who resents my older children, next steps?
256
A levels advice please
5
Homeless adult son
132
I Got Everything Wrong - Not a good mum.
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My child is turning 18 in 1.5hrs.
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How to cope when an adult child ceases contact?
10