By Susan Newman, Ph.D.
You’re happy with your new partner. You’ve found someone to share your life with, someone you never believed existed. Why aren’t you children overjoyed, too? Accepting a parent’s new companion or spouse isn’t always easy. Many adult children need help understanding and dealing with their feelings and concerns.
A new love interest
Whether you […]

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By Debbie Weir

When grandparents experience the death of a grandchild, they must grieve even as they help their own children cope with the loss.
Cathy Hefflinger and Barb Anderson understand grief. In fact, they understand a particularly debilitating grief many people never consider, few books have been written about and hardly anyone discusses.
It is a […]

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By Joanne Cronrath Bamberger
While playing with her daughters at a Chicago-area park recently, Karen Muller experienced what has become a rite of passage for a growing segment of adoptive parents. Pointing to her kids, a child asked, “Are you their grandma?”
Chronologically, she could be. But 56-year-old Muller didn’t even add “mom” to her […]

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