Breaking the Mother-Son Dynamic

Therapists and the general public are familiar with the terms "(s)mothering," "helicopter moms," and "boomerang sons" because they have been popularized in films like Monster in Law, Cyrus and Failure to Launch—but what makes for humorous fodder onscreen depicts a troubling issue that''s being played out for real in therapists'' offices, bedrooms, and divorce courts across the nation: an epidemic ...