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Jane Adams Ph.D.

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Jane Adams has been researching and reporting on how American families respond to social change for over three decades. A graduate of Smith College, she studied at the Seattle Psychoanalytic Association and the Washington (DC) Psychoanalytic Foundation and has published 13 books and over 100 essays, articles and columns in national magazines and newspapers including the New York Times. Her books have been translated into several foreign languages, and been adapted for television. A popular media commentator, she has been featured on many TV and radio shows including Today, Good Morning America, the Oprah Winfrey Show and PBS. She was a founding editor of the Seattle Weekly and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Washington. From her home in Seattle, she coaches parents of adult children on how to cope, respond and communicate across generational lines when conflict frays the ties that bind. Her web site is www.janeadams.com.

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Recent Posts
Is What You Do Who You Are?

Leaving the office behind doesn't always predict happiness and success in both the personal and professional domains of life.

Leaving the office behind doesn't always predict happiness and success in both the personal and professional domains of life.

Can Microdosing Make Your Life a Little Better?

Magic mushrooms are having a moment, out from underground and into the sunshine of scientific investigation.

Magic mushrooms are having a moment, out from underground and into the sunshine of scientific investigation.

Can You Tell How Mature Your Kid's Brain Is by Looking Into It?

Advances in neuroscience allow us to see the brain in action, but they don't measure every dimension of cognitive functioning or accurately measure the many dimensions of maturity.

Advances in neuroscience allow us to see the brain in action, but they don't measure every dimension of cognitive functioning or accurately measure the many dimensions of maturity.

When It Comes to Grown Kids, How Close Is Too Close?

When family boundaries are enmeshed, grown kids can't separate emotionally from parents without feeling guilty, and parents can't let go without feeling abandoned.

When family boundaries are enmeshed, grown kids can't separate emotionally from parents without feeling guilty, and parents can't let go without feeling abandoned.

Why Getting Older Takes a Village

A health crisis reorders thinking about who you can count on to help as you age, and an epidemic of loneliness brings it home.

A health crisis reorders thinking about who you can count on to help as you age, and an epidemic of loneliness brings it home.

Untangling Enmeshed Boundaries with Grown Children

Boundaries between parents and children change as kids mature; if they don't, conflict is inevitable as children seek the separation and individuation necessary to development.

Boundaries between parents and children change as kids mature; if they don't, conflict is inevitable as children seek the separation and individuation necessary to development.

How Economic Conditions in Early Adulthood Shape Personality

Economic conditions directly influence personality development; the worse conditions are in young adulthood, the less narcissistic and entitled people become as they mature.

Economic conditions directly influence personality development; the worse conditions are in young adulthood, the less narcissistic and entitled people become as they mature.

Finding Out You’re Not Who You Thought You Were

Inexpensive DNA technology has ripped open secrets of assisted conception, adoption, and misattributed parentage and brought troubling identity issues to many.

Inexpensive DNA technology has ripped open secrets of assisted conception, adoption, and misattributed parentage and brought troubling identity issues to many.

Giving Away the Stuff but Keeping the Memories

Personal Perspective: Giving the right possessions to the right people keeps your memories in a safe place, and brings your family and friends closer.

Personal Perspective: Giving the right possessions to the right people keeps your memories in a safe place, and brings your family and friends closer.

Channeling My Mother So My Kids Won't Forget Her

Personal Perspective: The longer a parent is gone, the more alive they are in your memory, especially as you get older. Mostly, that's a good thing.

Personal Perspective: The longer a parent is gone, the more alive they are in your memory, especially as you get older. Mostly, that's a good thing.