"I had held on longer than most and, up to age 12, could still find one or two friends who would secretly, shamefully, play ...

What It Means to Be an Adult Today "I'm a single mom to my 59-year-old father." By Psychology Today Contributors published January 7, 2025 - last reviewed on February 10, 2025 ...

"I've repeatedly been mistaken for my date’s child and regularly asked if I'm old enough to sit in an airplane’s exit row." ...

Even though I’m an adult, I’m still a child of divorce, and those conflicting identities make me feel like my grief is somehow invalid.

Now, I get them all the time, and it’s embarrassing. Why am I getting acne as an adult? Once you reach adulthood, you’d probably think that you’d be done with pimples for good.

People are friendly, and I’m well liked, but I am still alone every Friday night. It seems like everyone I meet is either too busy or too wrapped up in their own lives to make room for a new friend.

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who is seeking advice on how to make friends as an adult.

Dear Annie: I’m 42 and, due to having epilepsy, have never been able to live on my own, without my parents. I haven’t had any kind of social life for the past 13 years.

Two sisters share the untold impact of gray divorce on adult children and shed light on silent generational challenges.