(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like ...

As a professor of child development and family science, every year I witness college students heading home for the holidays ...

There is a family drama now likely playing in a home near you: It is the clash between the expectations of parents and the realities of their full-grown offspring in becoming, or trying to become, or ...

Therapists can help estranged families understand the past, work on making amends, and potentially rebuild their ...

Selma Uugwanga is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation through an Eccellenza Grant as a PhD student on the Africa Long Life Study at the University of Zurich. She also serves as an ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Not everyone grows up at the same pace, even ...

Emerging adult children and their parents can experience growing pains as they navigate a changing relationship. AJ_Watt/E+ via Getty Images As a professor of child development and family science, ...

Around the world, people become adults in different ways. In some places, it’s when you get a job, get married, or move out of your parents’ house. In others it might include an initiation ritual, or ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jonathan B. Santo, University of Nebraska Omaha (THE CONVERSATION) Advertisement ...