Part of becoming an adult is learning how to be emotionally independent, which often includes deciding which relationships feel healthy to maintain and which ones no longer do. While family bonds are ...

Our childhood experiences and relationships have a profound impact on our adult success, happiness, and general well-being, but mother-daughter relationships have unique and long-lasting implications.

The way we connect with others as adults is often shaped by our earliest experiences with caregivers. From birth, a child seeks comfort, security and love, forming attachments that become the ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

My childhood was far from ideal. I endured multiple prolonged traumatic experiences, often described as complex trauma, but what weighed most heavily on me as a child was the constant turmoil within ...

Traumatic events from your childhood could have a lingering impact on your adult relationships, according to new research from the University of Georgia. Adverse childhood experiences, such as abuse, ...

In the field of psychology, attachment theory proposes that interpersonal experiences early in life should shape how people think, feel and behave in their close relationships in adulthood. Subscribe ...