Comments on: Are We Really Just Parents for 18 Years?

By: jetts31

jetts31 — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:11:22 +0000

I still need my mom and I’m going to be 37 in 4 days. You never stop being a parent. You only get to stop needing a babysitter and changing diapers and having to tell them not to lick the electrical socket. And frankly, I wouldn’t want my girls to go to anyone else besides me or their mom (even though I know they will) if they needed something. No matter how old they get or bald I get.

By: Kathy at kissing the frog

Kathy at kissing the frog — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:06:21 +0000

It’s so much more than 18 years. My mom tells me that all the time! Even though I am 42 years old, she is still parenting me. She gives me advice and helps me with things and worries about my kids. Yes, don’t forget grandkids! That’s a whole new “parenting” experience for most people.

By: Shannon Guyton

Shannon Guyton — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:18:38 +0000

I just had a conversation with my dad about this! He was saying how you never really do let go. Even as I’m an almost 40 (cough, cough) woman, he still has the desire to be needed as a parent. We’re supposed to be raising our kids to be independent human beings, but I can see how that parenting/love will never actually turn off.