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Arthur Brooks: Get Off Your Parents’ Phone Plan
“Kids deserve to be treated like no-kidding real adults.” (Illustration by The Free Press; images via Getty)
An excessively dependent relationship between parents and their adult children breeds coldness and mutual resentment, if not outright schism.
By Arthur Brooks
01.30.26 — The Pursuit of Happiness with Arthur Brooks
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In Monday’s column I wrote about the very public schism in the Beckham family, between the parents (David and Victoria) and their son Brooklyn, who announced on social media last week that he was no longer speaking to them. I explained that this situation is surprisingly common—that 11 percent of moms over 65 are not speaking to at least one of their ki…

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Arthur Brooks
Helping Millions Live Happier Lives | #1 NYT Best-Selling Author | Vanderbilt Professor | Columnist with The Free Press
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