Liking the Child You Love

How to build a better relationship with your kids—even when they're driving you crazy.

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D.

Should You Pay College Tuition for a Struggling Adult Child?

To pay or not to pay? Is the continued investment in your struggling child's college tuition worth it?

3 Things You May be Doing Wrong When Looking for Mr. Right

Are you tired of being one of the "walking wounded" in a dysfunctional, toxic relationship? Fixing these three habits will change your life for the better!

Enabling Your Adult Child? A Short Quiz to Find Out

Enabling your adult child's struggles may only make them worse. Are you an enabler?

What to Do When Your Adult Child Lies to You

To get your adult child to avoid lying to you, the key is to change how you respond.

3 Neutralizing Responses to a Manipulative Adult Child

Raising the bar with your adult child's behaviors comes best from changing how you respond.

3 Ways to Get Closer to Your Adult Child

Gaining awareness of your adult child's need for space can really help bring you together. Here are three quick tips to get closer.

4 Steps to Leave a Dead End Relationship

Getting out of a dead-end relationship is easier than you may think.

Want to Be Happier? Stop Doing These 3 Things

Want to feel happier? Then stop doing these three joy killers!

4 Signs You're in a Dead-End Relationship

Are you in a dead-end relationship? Can you relate to any of these four red flags?

Control These 3 Emotions to Better Help Your Adult Child

Stop letting these three emotions get in the way of constructively helping your adult child.

3 Questions For Deciding to Leave Him or Stay

If you are conflicted about whether to stay or leave your intimate partner, then these 3 questions may help give you the answer.

Are You a Parent of an Adult Child or a SWAT Team Leader?

Do you have a struggling adult child who makes unfair demands, guilts you, or manipulates you? Stop being a perpetual crisis responder!

3 Signs You're Being Emotionally Abused By Your Adult Child

Is unfairly imposed guilt blinding you from seeing how your emotionally abusive adult child treats you? Can you identify with any of these three telltale signs?

3 Ways Guilt Impacts Parents of Struggling Adult Children

Getting out of the guilt trap is a must for parents of adult children who struggle.

You Can't Fall Back in Love Without Doing This

Couples who find their way back to love discover this along the way.

The Real Truth About ADHD and The Lies That Come With It

When people with ADHD lie, they truly tend to see it as a false sense of security when coping with life's difficult situations.

Getting Your Struggling College Student to Be More Truthful

These powerful Do's and Don'ts of communicating with your adult child while in college can make a huge difference in how much she or he will open up to you.

3 Helpful Questions for Parents of Struggling Adult Children

Struggling adult children can be highly emotionally draining on their parents. Take a closer look at how you may be helping or hindering the situation to improve.

Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them

Men continually tell me that they feel weak when admitting their fears to their intimate partners. Tragically, men tend to unhealthily express their anxieties through anger.

Think of Your Setbacks as Experiments, Not Failures

Making a shift in how we relate to our struggles can deter us from being our own worst enemies.

3 Quick, Cool Mindfulness Activities to Melt Away Worries

These strategies will quickly help you notice your anxious thoughts in a less disruptive way and calm you down far better than trying to force them to go away.

Signs That You May Be Making Your Relationship Toxic

The key to a happy relationship is about being aware of how you think, feel, and behave.

Say This One Word to Move Past Worries That Get In Your Way!

Including this one really empowering word in your self-talk is very effective for moving out of "Worry Wasteland."

Are You Being Manipulated by Your Intimate Partner?

If you are concerned that manipulation is playing a negative role in your loving relationship, then read about this surefire way to not fall prey to it.

7 Words That Dependent, Adult Children Really Want to Hear!

Are you feeling stuck in the same fruitless communication loop with your adult child? Here are seven words suggested by an adult child that you may just find very helpful.

Mad Men: The Three-Word Phrases That Lead To Men's Anger

Here is a hidden three-word short story that is often misread by angry men and those who know them.

Does Your Spouse or Adult Child Put You in the Middle?

Are you feeling stuck in between your adult child and partner? There are constructive ways to get out.

3 Signs That Scorekeeping is Destroying Your Relationship

Is toxic scorekeeping weighing down your loving relationship? Here are three ways to stop scorekeeping in its tracks!

Seven Words to Help Your Dependent, Stuck Adult Child

At an impasse with a dependent, stalled out adult child? Try saying these seven words before you say anything else.

5 Thoughts that are "Silent Killers" of Loving Relationships

Intimate partners in even the best of loving relationships can have negative thoughts about one another. But these five toxic thoughts can lurk in your mind and destroy your love.

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