Episode 5- How to get close to your adult children
But I'm not controlling, I'm not judging, and I'm not angry. A lot of times as parents, when we can't control and we can't have a say in our kids life when they leave, we tend to be a little angry, a little frustrated, a little confused as to what our role is going to be and that kind of seeps into their lives when we talk to them. And that's not what I wanted with my girls
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:40
And then I branched out one day, I was like, I'm going to spend time with my father myself and call him on my own and not ask things of him through my mother and found out he was a dope a** dude. And I missed out on so much because I allowed her to paint this picture of him and he was completely opposite, really. It was her
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:32
I am right because I bear the title mom relationship with him, because I truly want us to have a friendship. I truly do. So that's where I'm at. And then also giving myself TLC understanding that I have someone who fills the role of mother. However, they're not able to meet my needs in the way that my needs need to be met. And yes, that's where I'm at. So thank you for sharing that
Hi, jail. Thank you so much for your post. I think that you are an amazing mom, woman, slash daughter. I think that you have from what I was listening, you have so much awareness. And I just feel like that is so amazing, because when my kids were 13, I didn't have that kind of awareness. I was kind of like your mom