Do you ever stop worrying about your kids?

I think every good mother worries about their children until the day they die. It is just a mothers instinct. I still worrry about both our daughters. They are both married to good men and are happy but I worry. I dont think I will ever stop worring.

I think it's more of a concern for their safety and well being rather than a worry about them. After all, they are our children and always will be. But, like my daughter, who is 37, single and with 4 children, said, I am an adult and I have to live my life like I see fit. And I guess that's the way my husband and I saw it when we got married. His mom worried when he married, but my mom told her there was no reason for her to worry, she was gaining a son, not losing a daughter. We have made it through 44 years this past Sunday, so I guess we have done okay.

I know my mother did when we were 30. Now we worry about her since she is declining. I don't have children of my own, but I worry about my kitty babies.

Well, I'm an only child that is 40 years old and my mom still to this day worries about me. She lives about 45 miles away, and when I've been to visit, she makes me call her when I get home. But then, she actually recripocates when she has been here, and will call to let me know she made it home. I fully understand why she worries, for I too, am a mom, and I have two sons, who are 19 and nearly 17. My oldest son is home for summer break from college, and while he's always been very responsible, the 4th of July, he went to town (12 miles) to get gas for his truck because he had to go to a roping the next day (he had to be at his roping partner's house at 6 am), and didn't want to have to stop for gas. Well, he ran into some of his old high school classmates, and well, they invited him to go fishing at one of their family's ponds. Well the pond is in a low spot and there was no cell phone signal. Well, knowing that he had to be up early, I thought he would come home early. I was wrong. Finally, at 2 am, he called and said he was sleeping at their place and would be home in time to feed and get the trailer. (Which he was). I think no matter how old my children get, I will always worry. Especially having one that spends so much time on the road. (He competes in the PRCA, and is in rodeos all over the country.) It's a mom thing. We all worry. Don't sweat it!! You are right, when her kids are older, she will go through the same thing.

I am the mother of six. I won't say I never worry about my kids, but I keep it at a minimum. Three of them are young adults, 24, 23, & 20. So they do what young adults do. They go out, sometimes late at night. Sometimes they don't come home (they all still live with me). I don't lay awake worrying. I don't monitor what time they leave or come back. I don't demand to know where they are going. I can honestly say that I truly turn their safety over to GOD. Because I cannot control where they go, or what goes on when I'm not around. They are good kids and I feel I have raised them well. It's a great feeling to believe that they can handle themselves.

of course i do. what kind of parent would u be if you didn't. my sons are both grown but they know i worry about them. it probably drives them nuts but they both have young children & they are going to find outwhy i'm a worry wart.

I think all moms are like that. My mom used to worry about me even after I graduated from college. She would often wait for me to get home before sleeping. She would often open the door for me even if she knows I have a duplicate key. Now that I'm a mom myself, I do worry a lot about my kids. I guess we do have a reason to be worried as it is a lot safer before than now.

Sweetheart the hardest thing for mom's is to stand back and let their children take the wheel of their lives and no matter how many years they drive we still worry about a crash! You are not silly...you are mother! oxoxxoxoxoxo

I won't stop worrying about my kids even if they grow up. I think all parents will not stop worrying about their kids. Just like me I'm 38 married with kids but my parents still worries about me. Hee Hee.

As a mother, I am sure I will worry about my kids as long as any of us lives. When they get married, you end up worrying about their spouses as well. Then they have kids and you worry about your grandkids. My daughter's husband was killed a month ago in an accident and that kind of thing brings additional worries. But isn't that what being a parent is all about? Just because they grow up doesn't stop us from loving them and worrying about them.

I dont have children so I dont speak first handedly. But for those around me it appears that the worrying deminishes over time. But its always there. I do work at a couples who will be having their 65th wedding anniversy coming up soon and one of their daughters calls or comes over at least once a day but their other children are scattered all over. They talk about each one sometimes wondering how they are doing or where they are at, not often mind you but enough to know they still care for their children. Wish I had some!

I think every mother does you can never stop worrying about your children since you are the one who carry them for nine months inside you.There's a special bond that connect a mother to their children that science can never explain that's why we know what is happening to them sometimes.We always call it mother's instinct.It's a capital YES !!! I worry a lot about my child .Even with my sisters and brothers they already have their own family yet i always worry about them.You can never stop worrying about your child or family because you love them more than your own life

Mother is someone who protect you, love you,gave birth to you, carrying for you,never leave you,admires you,cheer you up,give everything you need,trust you,your friend and worrying about you. I am only 21 but i know how it feels because i am also a mother now and mother thinks that i do not love them anymore because it is too long since i went to their house. I believe you should understand your daughter but talking to her is the best way. Never shout at her or tell her vulgar words. Just calm it down and make her feel that you love and trust her. Let her know that she can call you to talk about what's going with her. She wants you stop worrying about her because she is concerned about you and thinks that she have her own life now but remember to tell her always that you no matter what she will do. You will beside her to listen. My mother do the same thing. She keeps on worrying about me because it's not the life she wishes for me but i always tell her that i am ok. because i do not want her to think about me and feel stress about what's happening to me. She just watch me on silence i know it because she knows if i have problem and ask me if there is something wrong. I feel very release and happy whenever she does. She never misses to make feel that she loves me by asking simple things like do you eat well in your house you look thin today even if i am not and then she will ask me if i want something and buy it for me. I Feel blessed to have a mother and i know your daughter feel blessed that she have you because you are worrying about her. For me I love you means words that you can tell to everybody but showing her you real love is more essential. Show her love now...I hope it helps