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I wish my son wanted to spend more time with me | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

You say you don’t put him under pressure, but he seems to feel it. Could you be overcompensating for your initial reluctance to have children?My husband and I have one son, in his late 20s. We’ve always been devoted to him, keep in touch on a weekly basis and see him about once a month (he has a busy job and has recently started a new relationship, which seems to be making him very happy).I never really wanted children, possibly due to my traumatic childhood: an absent, mentally ill father; and a single, emotionally imbalanced mother who made me the centre of her life. When my husband talked about having children, I gave it careful consideration and decided in the end to give it a go. Once our son was born, I embraced motherhood fully. We both adore him. Continue reading...

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GLAAD To Share: Multi-Hyphenate Storyteller Adam Shankman On Pushing Past Limits in His Own Words

By Adam Shankman My name is Adam Shankman. I was born in 1964, and I was not an easy child. I was a wild kid with an enormous amount of energy. Being queer was not an okay thing to be by any metric during my formative years. When I was four years old, my parents [...] The post GLAAD To Share: Multi-Hyphenate Storyteller Adam Shankman On Pushing Past Limits in His Own Words first appeared on GLAAD.

Is estrangement from family a dating dealbreaker? A therapist weighs in.

My patients who are dating sometimes ask me: Is it a red flag if a potential partner is estranged from their parents or adult children? While it can be, estrangement is often more complicated than people assume. In my research and clinical practice, I’ve seen many otherwise loving and reasonable parents become estranged for reasons []