You're an adult with your own life. So why does a single phone call from your mother still ruin your day? Unresolved anger at a parent is more common than you think — and it's pointing to something important. Here's what it's really about.

Your fears, your reactions, your recurring relationship patterns — they didn't come from nowhere. Most of them were written before you turned seven. Here's how childhood conditioning shapes your adult life, and what you can do to change it.