Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

, about 5 million Americans have been adopted, and between 2% and 4% of Americans have adopted a child. This includes adopting children from another nation, adopting American children whose parents ...

When I finally understood why my mother would disappear for days then suddenly need me to be her therapist at eight years old, and why my father's love came in guilty waves between long silences, I ...

The transformation was so swift and complete that I sometimes wonder if the capable parents I remember were ever real, or if I'm just grieving an illusion I needed to believe in.

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.