Do you think that your parents still talk to you like you are a child?

United States
October 10, 2008 10:40pm CST
Your grown but do you ever feel that your parents are still talking to you like your are just a kid? Do you ever feel that they still have the mindset that they need to do that or do it without thinking? Does it remind you of when you were at home and they were giving you advice?
5 responses
@rosedust82 (2066)
• Philippines
11 Oct 08
Oh yes... This happens a lot with my mom. Since I'm the only daughter, she still thinks of me as her "baby". My mom happens to be pretty conservative especially with clothes so if she happens to see me wearing a sleeveless blouse, I'm pretty sure I'll hear her asking me "why are you wearing that" Lol. haha. It can be irritating sometimes but funny and sweet as well. I guess parents will always be like that.
• Ireland
15 Oct 08
My dad never did but my mum was always doing it even after I got married and moved into my own house. However, I didn't mind. I loved her to bits and it was just her way of showing that she cared about me. I don't do it with my children unless they ask me for advice or I would go about it in a roundabout way.
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• United States
15 Oct 08
I think its more common for dads, dont you? My dad was more like that too. I know he was more like that then my mom. I tried to be more careful about it when my kids reached adult ages.
@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
11 Oct 08
I am fortunate in that a) my parents treat me as an equal or a friend, and b) I actually live with my parents. It was my ex who treated me like a child and that was part of the reason I had to leave and move temporarily back into my parents place as I couldn't afford to live on my own because of escalating prices in rent and buying it's virtually impossible to get onto the property ladder as a single guy, so I am biding my time but fortunately I have the luxury of being treated as an adult and getting on fairly well with my parents, although I do crave independence.
• United States
13 Oct 08
It sounds like you have really great parents.You will have your time and your independence my friend.Its wonderful that we have our parents, I still get a great deal of valuable advice from mine.Its a something special to look forward to...your independence.
@rusty2rusty (6771)
• Defiance, Ohio
13 Oct 08
No, my mother and my dad & stepmother treat me like an adult and speak to me that way. But my in laws. Well, they are a different breed and can't ask for anything but tell you and expect it out of you. I find it rather rude. But hubby says that is how they ask.
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• United States
13 Oct 08
mmmmmmmmm that sounds like some people I know too! Well, I sometimes feel that My father is still wanting to look at after me as a child and he feels that he needs to look after all us children.He loves doing that!
• United States
11 Oct 08
Yeah, I think my parents and my brother still kind of talk to me like I'm a little kid. And the crazy thing about it I'm a married woman. . But yeah I get that way sometimes and I sometimes want to tell them, look I'm a grown woman cut me some slack. I think its more of my mom though than any one else.
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• United States
13 Oct 08
whats funny, is that I am 52 years old and I still notice it with mine.lol so Its not apt to change....after this many years!I love, and enjoy them though so I dont really mind.