Sometimes growing older can cause great upheaval to family dynamics — especially between adult children and aging parents — requiring additional patience and understanding if
Having “The Talk”
By Dr. Ken Druck Many of our aging parents are now single. Rendered so by death or divorce, they’re back in “the game,” dating and
When Aging Parents Enable
By Dr. Ken Druck, author, Raising an Aging Parent I’ve learned a great deal about the difference between support and enabling in my 40 years
Raising An Aging Parent: Deciding What’s Best For You And Them
There were times when my 92-year-old mother could reduce me to a blithering eight-year-old, but I considered myself blessed to share the wealth of simple
The ’70s . . . and the 70s . . .
I’ve taken literally hundreds of trips down memory lane, recounting the ’70s. Woodstock, getting married, finishing my PhD, and the arrival of my daughters, Jenna
Taking Away Your Parents Car Keys
by Dr. Ken Druck, author, Raising An Aging Parent: Guidelines for Families in the Second Half of Life Who can forget what it was like to
Going from “Us vs. Them” to “Us and Them”
Few things are more exhilarating than the feeling that we’re part of something shared and meaningful: holding our partner extra close while watching a scene
When Personal Growth Turns into Social Responsibility
History will attest that the birth of modern psychology was around 50 to 70 years ago. The era of personal growth was launched and, with
4 Ways to Maintain Healthy Family Relationships
Deploy a Little Patience this Holiday Season By Ken Druck November 22, 2017 (Editor’s note: This essay is the latest in a series from author and
