Do you feel that parents are always parents, even when their kids are adults? Or do you feel that once their kids are adults, their parenting is pretty much over? I'm asking this because I think my mother's parenting skills are going downhill fast. She brushes most issues in her life under the rug, including major issues with my dad (they are still "married"). I feel she is setting a horrible example for my sister and I, and that at least some of my sisters' major marital problems are because of the way my mom is. I am 27, and my husband says I shouldn't see her as such a role model, she's only human, and that my sister is an adult, and can make decisions in her own marriage for herself, and that it's not fair to blame them, even partly, on our mom. My mom also does not make much effort to see her grandchildren, who live 5 miles away, and 30 miles away, yet often makes comments about "how much she misses them"... (my dad makes no effort whatsoever...) Any advice?
2007-06-22
08:21:54
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