Excessive Parent Involvement = Chronic Child Dependency (CDD)

SuNa
Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:36:37 +0000

We are a generation that is very concerned about our kids. I guess we had less of them and later. . .perhaps that’s one reason. We had higher expectations, perhaps. We have more money, more resources to direct toward them, in some cases . . .I’m a new empty nester and I have a lot going on – I’m studying for an MFA and am involved in three volunteer groups, but I still find time to think about and discuss my kids’ progress. When my mother was an empty nester she had only a part-time clerical job, but I don’t think she expended much energy thinking about my daily life. I think it’s quite interesting, and either way has its positives and negatives. It’s good to understand ourselves and what might motivate us.