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Parents of adult children

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Upset over son's potential breakup!
16
Voicing concerns to my new grandsons father (my son)
22
My mother lies
7
Estranged adult son
63
Son cheated on girlfriend
52
Travelling in Asia
14
MIL refusing to go to DS's graduation
218
DS20 and his domineering GF help please
16
Estrangements?
44
Present for Adult children
2
Cooking and dinner expectations
11
How have your helped your adult DC through heartbreak
6
My sons mental health
8
Does anyone else feel bullied by adult DS with SEN?
51
Vent
10
DS making challenging lifestyle choices.
20
Please help advice relationship 17 yo
3
How best to help adult daughter, possible ADHD
10
Son gets rebound girlfriend pregnant after 3 months
239
Paying your way
9
Reasonable contributions
8
My DD hasn’t spoken to me since early August 2025
514
Communicating with the nhs on mum's behalf
9
Son 20 doesn’t socialise
15
Impossible adult daughter still at home
128
Adult DD boyfriend; issues?
23
Parents staying at uni accommodation
34
What do you think of this?
12
DD gone travelling, I am struggling
31
Classed as living with me
3
22 yr old contributing to bills
21
Financial independence
4
Drug in plastic bag
10
Uni student DD won’t/can’t get a job!
128
Fearful for my adult son. How do I support him?
122
New Job and Dept Redundancies
2
My DS is filthy and lazy
36
I'm about done
13
Daughter hates her graduate job Social Work
21
My DD (age 20) has no idea what she’s doing and neither do I.
42
Advice
11
Help for my son
10
DD 18 hates me
86
I’m 39 with a 20 year old
36
Manchester Graduate Flat
15
I desperately need advice, I am at my wits end
87
Mentally ill adult child who will not do anything to help.
36
Would you let your 18 and older child go out with whoever they want, wherever they want and whenever they want even if still living at home? Why or why not? How would you go about it?
108
19 year old difficult behaviour
8
My teenage twins are making my life a misery
11