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Experience will teach them faster and more thoroughly than you will. I’m’ not a weirdo or anything wishing to join female sites but I’ve come to realise from research “Blokey support” is not quite there yet. Apr 11, 2023 · Heroicallyfound · 11/04/2023 20:46. DD is 18 and I'm dealing with a couple of issues at the moment which I'm struggling to navigate in terms of how I parent her as she's no longer a child, but nor is she really a full adult yet.

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Flamingosarentreal · 05/11/2023 07:57. He has 2 children aged 20 and 17.

Boundaries have to become your new best friend. Haygran · 25/10/2023 20:55.

And presumably she's still talking to you about things if you know.

Maybe thank him for telling you - probably took a lot of courage- and say you’re always there if he want to .

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All parents are toxic narcissists apparently and all adult children have experienced trauma …. Isn't part of being a parent to an adult child letting them make their own mistakes and learning from them? I mean, you can still offer an opinion. I live in my wife's house with her two adult children (both over 21) and their partners,two work form home 2 go to an office.

There's a psychological imperative for some adult kids to go non contact and it's described as a basic need to detach from the primary caregiver.



Other two DDs I see roughly once a month. Four years ago,on the telephone with my 26 year old son,literally mid sentence with some inane weather comment,he suddenly said "that's it,I don't want to talk to you ever again" and put down the phone.

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You do have the power to control how much of them you allow.



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I'm willing to bet the hard-parented kids are just lying to their parents. Follow topic Ignored 33 replies Annie1955 Mumsnet carries some affiliate marketing links, so if you buy something through our posts, we ….

Surrounded by a solid mass of their own siblings, nephews, nieces, friends - it’s a very populous country and they clearly have their own networks and systems utterly adeptly set up. Any contact needs to be kept asking how she is but not asking for her medical information. Hello Southwestmom, I also have two young adults with severe MH.



He has very doting parents, who don't discuss any of the issues around why they're home again each time but merely accept them back, with open arms. DD’s partner speaks to his mum most days.

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5 months rent as a deposit, share of bills 1 month into tenancy, c-tax, student loan repayments kicking in, any young person starting out is looking at a minimum £2500 setting up cost without family nearby. May 2, 2023 · Estranged son. For the record, I’m not a mum, I’m a son. Hello everyone I am a bit stuck. His closest friend also smokes weed and his parents allow him to do so in the house.

Blow up this morning - I'd been in bed yesterday with a flu ….