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...trigger future health problems. A substantial fraction of chubby kids, for example, have elevated levels of LDL cholesterol, putting them at risk for atherosclerosis. Many also have elevated blood-sugar levels, a precursor of Type 2 diabetes. Around the world, the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes, is soaring in the under-18 crowd. As a result, complications like nerve and eye damage, which typically take years to develop, are suddenly popping up among people in their...
Call it the parent paradox: many of us love and respect the couple who reared us yet also resent the hell out of them. But social psychologist Susan Newman, author of Nobody's Baby Now (Walker & Co.), exhorts adult children to build a meaningful friendship with Mom and Dad. In researching her book, Newman interviewed 150 adults, ages 27 to 55, to investigate the tension between parents and children as they grow older. TIME spoke with Newman about barriers to a friendship with your folks and why it's critical to overcome the hurdles...
Almost all the books out there are from the parents' point of view--their frustrations and their disappointments with their adult children. The books from the child's point of view deal with caregiving issues or coping with dysfunctional dynamics like alcoholism or abuse. I wanted to know what adult kids think about their relationships with their parents who are still healthy and independent...
What were the biggest complaints adult kids had about their parents...
...most common complaints were of parents' overstepping their boundaries, like a mother asking her daughter about things that were none of her business or a dad demanding that his busy son spend more time with him. Many complained about parents who harped on [the adult child's] weight...