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Category: talking to adult children
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Friends have returned from a two-week visit with their daughter, her husband and their twin sons. We are having a dinner debriefing on the trip–the tales about the warm weather (the daughter lives in Florida), the sunshine and the beach plus, most importantly, their daughter's hospitality and the chance to spend time with their grandsons…
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As our young adult children move through their twenties and onward, chances are they've had at least one romantic relationship. And chances are that we the parents have met at least one of those romantic partners. I look back at those years when my children were part of the dating scene (it was a while…
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We've all been there–gotten annoyed at our grown children. Maybe it was for not returning our text promptly, or forgetting their sister's birthday, or taking time off when they should have been buckling down at work. Or just plain not doing things the way we have always done them. Whatever. However much we love them,…
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Keep up your own interests. That's one of my Notes to Self (see list to the right). My point when I added it to My Notes was–and still is–that the more we continue to pursue our interests (apart from our children's lives) the livelier our conversations with our grown children and our grandchildren will be.…
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Romare Bearden Tomorrow I May Be Far Away I am no longer a New Yorker but, in this time of coronavirus, I am a regular viewer of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's daily press briefings. When he reports those stress-inducing intubation statistics, he reminds…
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It’s the hardest parenting command to follow: When it comes to giving advice, wait until you’re asked.
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Do we bring energy to our conversations with our adult kids and our grandkids?
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Start now to let your grown kids and grand kids know about your life and career–the funny stories as well as the hard decisions you faced. It’s amazing what they don’t know about you–and should.
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Tips on the tools to use to stay in touch with your adult kids.
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