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When adult children return home during crisis

My adult son is going through a divorce and moved back home temporarily and we're both trying to navigate him being my child again while also respecting that he's a grown man with his own crisis. Neither of us knows how much support to ask for or offer and we're both walking on eggshells.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The regression to earlier relationship dynamics during adult crisis creates confusion about appropriate roles and boundaries for both parties.

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