Do you think there will ever be a time in your life when you feel free enough to let you kids(grown up ones)go

Answer 1

Just did that myself recently -- and let me tell you ... being an Empty-Nesting Single Retiree (after being a long-term single parent) and having their toxicity, their hormonal rages, their selfishness and dirty habits, and everything else ...

It was DEFINITELY TIME for the "birdies" to LEAVE the NEST ... and now ...

I am DEFINITELY ENJOYING the PEACE, the QUIET, and the absolute BLISS of having MY HOME to MY SELF .. no more filth, no more dirty dishes, no more loads and loads of laundry ... and yes, the BIGGEST PLEASURE ...

the Ability to SIT DOWN for once!

Answer 2

As a mother of a son and daughter I really do hope for their sake that the time will come.

I believe my job is to raise my children to not need me when they are adults, exactly as my mother raised me.

I love my mum more than anything in the world and she loves me just the same. A true mother is not selfish and does not see their child as a possession for them to keep.

I just hope I can be half the woman my mum is, and stand back and let my children grow as adults by letting them resolve their own mistakes, and being there when i'm asked to be, and not interfere where i'm not needed. In doing so they will learn to stand on their own as I have, but always know that there in the shadows is a mother who will always love them and be there when she's needed.

Answer 3

my daughter now 20yrs. old, is getting out of boot camp from
the navy... next week... 2-2-06...... haven't saw her in 9weeks...
never have been apart.... and I cryed like a baby the whole time.....she is growing up, I know that but letting go is something
different.... I just cant bring myself to do that....she goes to
Florida for 3mths. then she will be stationed somewhere...
I know I have to let her go, but I can be with her also.....
only got to talk to her twice the whole time she was gone...
still cant and wont let her go.....she's my baby girl...
and I don't care if she's 40yrs.. old she'll still be my
baby girl.......

Answer 4

I feel the answere is a resounding NO!!!

You are a pairent and your children will always be your children even when they move away from home, I spent 22 years in the armed forces and brought up our own family and my pairents haven't changed a bit towards me.

Answer 5

The choice is not yours, you have to befriend them when they are young, encourage them to decide for themselves if you do it right they will want to stay (sometimes too long), give them the knowledge to reach their own decisions and a balanced outlook generally and they will be fit to go before they realise it, make your points for them to consider then leave quietly. Above all do not hold them back, only resentment results.

Answer 6

Never, my son will always be my baby, he,s 7 and tells me he,s never getting married he,s going to stay with me forever!!.I think when he,s older that might change LOL but right now im happy to believe that.My friend keeps telling me "wait till he,s a teenager you,ll be pushing him out!!"

Answer 7

It isn't a matter of "letting them go" it's a matter of when they are ready to fly the nest they will do, with or without your blessing.Bring them up to be in dependant and they will go their own way when ready but always come back to see you coz you encouraged them to live their own life!

Answer 8

for a mother i can't see this happening mothers need to feel even after their kids grow up that they still need us and always our children r our babies i don't think we can ever really let go ..

Answer 9

ya i think if they have a bit of sence and cop-on then you know you did a good job of bringing them up and just let them get on with their own lives...and don't forget no-one is perfect and if they f**k- up its their problem and not yours because you aint gonna be around forever to hold their hand when things go bad

Answer 10

Let them go free but never let go.