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Simply congratulating the parents will always be a correct response. … Because people only say things like that when there's a very good chance things won't be ok, and the parents shouldn't have to spend energy reassuring their friends at a time when the parents are the ones …

(Unless your parents are supporting you during this job search, which might change things a little. …

When you choose to argue with your parents on these matters, you're telling yourself (and them) that you need their permission to do these things. …

A very powerful way to get your mother to support your choice, or at least to stop arguing with it, is to stop explaining or defending it. She has heard your reasons many times, I am sure. She has reb …

Your question is both too broad and too narrow. Too broad because people vary and what works for one will not work for another. Too narrow because people get obsessed on narrow topics beyond children: …

First, please do not say that things "are not your favourite" if you don't like them. My husband uses the phrasing "I'm not a lover of" something like ham and I used to think "well fine, I love it, yo …

Their siblings or parents may move multiple times a year, drive cars that keep needing calamitous repairs, and work off and on when they can. …

They may need to do some errands, or want to spend time with the person they're in a relationship with, but they can spend an afternoon and evening with their parents easily enough. …

If I understand your post correctly, your parents tend to think that everything is about them, that they get a vote on somethings you think are strictly between you and your grandfather, and that there …

As parents we often tell each other "pick your battles" and I'll say the same to you here. Do you need to fight her on everything? Are you sometimes just doing it out of habit and reflex? … You're at an age where you start to separate from your parents. Where moving out into a place of your own starts to appeal to you and also to your parents. These conflicts are part of that. …

So if you're talking about, say, not being able to see both parents on Christmas because they live hundreds of miles apart, and he's the one who moved, and he's all "you are all making me the scapegoat …

The real audience for anything you say is your child and your own self. These are strangers: engaging in any kind of argument with them only sends the message that teaching your child is a topic on wh …

There are two questions here really. One is how to get your mother to stop making these exaggerated complaints that leave you feeling completely unappreciated, and the other is how to choose what thin …

And my parents moved thousands of miles away from their parents when I was just a few months old. I have experience with many of the viewpoints here. … Instead, I encourage you to share your ambitions with your parents regularly. …

Thinking is tiring and both your parents know this because they do it. Something like: Nothing? When Dad is driving, he is sat in the van, but he's not doing nothing, is he? … It's possible that your parents are being less critical than you think. …