When the "kids" come home for the holidays

ChoatieMom
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:35:16 +0000

stradmom:

I think H has a harder time seeing the kids as adults with independent opinions than I do

Boy, is this true in our household. DH knows our son is not his clone but, holy cow, did they go at it sometimes, especially during HS. It was hard for DH to watch our son form a world view that did not perfectly align with his ("How can a kid raised in THIS household take THAT position!!!) He’d be upset for days. I kept saying, “He’s young, he’s figuring things out, let him.” I laugh at how, years later, DH’s and son’s worldviews are not so far apart, but it hasn’t been son who’s changed the most.