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DS making challenging lifestyle choices.
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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
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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
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Daughter hates her graduate job Social Work
21
My DD (age 20) has no idea what she’s doing and neither do I.
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Advice
11
Help for my son
10
DD 18 hates me
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I’m 39 with a 20 year old
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Manchester Graduate Flat
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I desperately need advice, I am at my wits end
87
Mentally ill adult child who will not do anything to help.
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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?
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19 year old difficult behaviour
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My teenage twins are making my life a misery
11
Don't know what to do
4
Left Out of Son’s Moving to Uni Experience
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22 year old autistic son wants me to choose a new winter coat for him
11
Thread 54 - Summer 25 - Graduations after Uni Year 3
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Any letting agents? Please help!
3
DS Uni Struggles
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Rent/house keeping
88
Son’s girlfriend stopped he did not ask. Quick advice
267
Talk me down please!
7
Son at university advice asap
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Boy do I need some advice
16
Helping parent with depression
6
Son growing away from us
13
DD spiralling. Is this where a life coach is appropriate?
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ADHD
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