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7 Signs You Grew Up With Emotionally Immature Parents

You may have emotionally immature parents if you feel like an emotional dumping ground for them.

Childhood should be whimsical, nurturing and validating. But for many kids, this just isn’t the case. Some children have parents who may provide for their kids physically but don’t quite understand how to support their child emotionally or mentally. These types of parents are known in the therapy world as emotionally immature parents. “An emotionally […]

At 17, I Gave My Baby Up. I Never Expected The 2-Word Message My Child Would One Day Send Me.

The author holding Hanna during their first in-person visit after giving birth to her.

It was after dinner and I was on standby in case my daughters needed help with their homework. As I waited, I scrolled social media. I rarely pay any mind to my local online moms group now that my kids are teenagers, but an anonymous post stopped my finger mid-swipe. A mother was asking for […]

Yes, Time Does Feel Different Since The Pandemic — And There’s A Reason Why

The individual days of 2020 may have felt slow because of their sameness, but for many of us, the year overall zipped by.

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic now four years ago, on March 11, 2020. It feels like yesterday, last month and decades ago all at the same time. Running out of toilet paper feels like a distant memory. Wiping down groceries, doing elbow bumps instead of handshakes and being unable to find Clorox […]

This Genius Amazon Find Will Make Storing Kids’ Artwork So Much Easier

This Genius Amazon Find Will Make Storing Kids' Artwork So Much Easier

HuffPost and its publishing partners may receive a commission from some purchases made via links on this page. Every item is independently curated by the HuffPost Shopping team. Prices and availability are subject to change. If you’re lucky enough to receive artwork from a little one, whether from a grandchild, niece, nephew or your own […]

Should I Become A Mom? I’m Honestly Asking — And I Need You To Consider The Following Before You Answer.

The author's dad during a ski day in 2019 in Boulder County, Colorado.

Should I become a mother? If I have children, will they live on a dying planet? These are the questions I see in the fine print of every climate agreement and hearwhispered in late-night conversations with friends. I feel simultaneously responsible for the climate crisis, entirely helpless and cynical about the current system’s willingness or […]

5 Signs You’re Dealing With A Toxic Parent As An Adult (And How To Cope)

5 Signs You're Dealing With A Toxic Parent As An Adult (And How To Cope)

When you grow up with a toxic parent, it can take years — even decades — to recognize how dysfunctional the relationship really is. That could be because their bad behavior was normalized over time or because you were holding out hope that your parent would change and the relationship could be salvaged, Peg Streep […]