Psychology of Adult Children Archives - Aging, caregiving and the journey through the second half of life

Sixty is the new sixty…

September 4, 2019

One of the new mantras of aging in the twenty-first century is the refrain “sixty is the new forty.” Maybe. Good health and an impressive array of lifestyle options certainly make many of today’s sixty year olds look different compared…

New Publication: Middle Crossing

July 2, 2018

This is the cover of the first edition of a new publication I created for advisers about their client’s journey through middle age. I will be releasing it later on this month. Each edition will have a foundational article, two…

Unavoidable Currents of Middle Age

June 17, 2018

Below is a list of the currents that swirl around the lives of middle age adults producing unchecked volatility, suffocating transaction density and deep exhaustion. It reminds us that middle age caregivers are being stretched to the limit in all…

Lost the path that does not stray…

May 15, 2018

“When I had journeyed half our life’s way, I found myself within a shadowed forest , for I had lost the path that does not stray.” Dante…

Families Are Wired To Erupt

December 7, 2017

In truth, families are officially “complex systems” where seemingly minor changes can produce major consequences ar anytime and without warning. What seemed like a good idea turns out to trigger an exhaustive meltdown. Now what? Accepting this reality as an…

The Context of Caregivers of Aging Parents

June 27, 2016

I was asked to write an article about the context of caregivers of aging parents. What’s the scope and depth of their role? What are the issues they have to navigate every day? I found it was easier to create…

Control Assets

June 25, 2016

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust As aging boomers are quickly discovering, the end game of being old is a non-linear quest to preserve control against overwhelming odds.…

Gray Divorce: It’s Not You, It’s Me…

March 21, 2016

Why Couples Divorce After Decades of Marriage “If you or someone you know recently divorced after 20 or more years together, you’re not alone. Splitting up later in life, sometimes called “gray divorce,” is on the upswing. In 2010, one…

Boomers: It’s All How You Get There

March 17, 2016

“The perception is that the baby boomers are very active — they are, you know, climbing up mountains, and they are a very healthy bunch,” says King, a professor in the department of family medicine at the West Virginia University…

Transition Assets: The Boomers Arriving At 70

November 30, 2015

“We neither get better or worse as we get older, but more like ourselves” ……Robert Anthony Beginning in 2016, the boomers will be landing on the shore of seventy something. While turning 70 is still officially classified as “young-old,” there…