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According to Psychology, when Parents Demand Visits From Their Adult Children, the Effect Can Be the Opposite, Transforming Affection Into a Feeling of Obligation

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«When are you coming to see me?», «You never have time for us» or «You no longer remember your parents». These are phrases that may arise from the need to maintain family contact, but psychology warns that turning visits into a requirement can change the way the child perceives such encounters.When affection begins to mix with guilt, pressure or reproach, a visit that was first born out of desire may end up feeling an obligation. Autonomy change…

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«When are you coming to see me?», «You never have time for us» or «You no longer remember your parents». These are phrases that may arise from the need to maintain family contact, but psychology warns that turning visits into a requirement can change the way the child perceives such encounters.When affection begins to mix with guilt, pressure or reproach, a visit that was first born out of desire may end up feeling an obligation. Autonomy change…

·Madrid, Spain
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When children grow up and leave home, the relationship with parents changes — and this also applies to the frequency of visits. What starts as a request for proximity can become a charge when the presence becomes treated as an obligation. In this scenario, spontaneous affection can lose space... The post According to psychology, when parents charge visits from adult children, the effect can be the opposite and end up turning the affection into a…

·São Paulo, Brazil
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The wheel turns, so goes life. As children grow up, they need their parents less and less. A reality that is all the more true once adult, where each person is then able to make his own decisions, to found his family and to ask his parents less for advice. This does not mean that they love their parents less, it is simply the relationship that changes. The protective parent and decision-maker gradually becomes the one who accompanies rather than…

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When children become independent, parents often miss them, but sometimes their attitudes become so demanding with the visits they should have with them. What to do?

·Lima, Peru
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OKDIARIO broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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