Family and generations

  • Family and generations

    Talking with your adult children

    Talking with your adult children. We’re going to talk about a subject that almost everyone can relate to dealing with your adult children. How do you remain a parent without losing yourself? Because parenting never stops… it just changes form. And sometimes it feels as though, after you retire, you suddenly get a new job. You become a full-time advisor, a full-time babysitter or sometimes even, a full-time housekeeper. You think they’re grown up, they live on their own, so I’m done. But no. Because as soon as children become adults, you get something extra: feedback. You used to say, “Put your coat on.” Now they say, “Mum, you really…