Für immer Kind?

Few relationships shape us as much as the one with our parents, regardless of how old we become. It is not uncommon today for us to spend 50 or 60 years together, many more than ever before. This presents us with new societal, but above all individual challenges: How do we shape this lifelong relationship in a way that is harmonious for both sides? How can adult children establish boundaries when elderly parents still actively participate in their lives? Are children indebted to their parents – and vice versa? Anne Otto vividly and psychologically explores the different life situations of adult children and their parents. Starting from concrete examples, she sheds light on the developmental tasks that parents and children must solve together. Because whether we want to free ourselves from conflict-laden entanglements or maintain an existing bond: only when our relationship with our parents is clarified can we truly become adults.