Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Advice for parents of grown up children

These words/thoughts/insights resonated with me.  They were comments from a NYTimes article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/booming/when-theyre-grown-the-real-pain-begins.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0


  • "Never want more for your children than they want for themselves"
  • "Listen to their problems and sympathize with them"  try not to solve their problems for them unless asked.
  • Try to not let their problems become your problems, otherwise they won't want to tell you about their problems for fearing it would become your problems.
  • “Don’t hope for anything.”
  •  "keep your mouth shut and your arms open"