Readers respond to Michelle Cottle’s essay about her experience with her parents and the growing caregiver crisis.

Growing up, holidays usually meant just dinner for the three of us: my mom, dad and me. I would sit dutifully at the table for the required timeframe before scurrying off to one of my friend’s houses ...

After college, my parents and I continued to relate in the same way we had when I was young. The mismatch pushed me to change my relationship with my parents. We became best friends in the process.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A local Filipino women’s organization hosts an annual writing contest called “Letter to My Parents,” which helps young people build healthy relationships with their families ...

My boomer parents always encouraged me to talk about my feelings. I'm parenting after their example.

"When are you having a baby?" is the question I've been asked the most since marrying my husband in 2021. At 36, I often wonder the answer myself. Even though I've always wanted to have a child, I'm ...

There is no name for my situation in this world. Both my sons have died and I am a parent without children. There is no name for a parent without children. The name for a child whose parents have died ...

I can barely remember life before my parents, Lydia and Steve Liakos, owned a restaurant. Out of the Blue opened on Sept. 1, 2000, on the corner of Highland Avenue and Cutter Avenue in Somerville, and ...

"You didn't ask for my permission." I can't remember if this was his reaction when I got bangs, dyed my hair red, or chopped off years of hair growth in one fell swoop, but I remember hearing this ...

When my mom was finally, officially diagnosed with dementia in 2020, her geriatric psychiatrist told me that there was no effective treatment. The best thing to do was to keep her physically, ...