Are We Over-Involved in Our Adult Children’s Lives? The Research Might Surprise You- Episode #752
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Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Cathy and Todd discuss an article from The New York Times titled, ‘Parents Are Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives, and Fine With It,‘ explaining that staying intimately connected to our older children has benefits, not just risks, and most young adults agree. They discuss the perspectives of previous generations and why things have changed, as well as why it’s easy to stay connected due to devices and the research around effective parenting. They also discuss the fascination with OOTD (outfit of the day) and GRWM (get ready with me) on social media and how we can talk to our kids about comparison culture and self-worth.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Todd, when you think of February, what do you think? |
| 0:03.6 | Leapier. |
| 0:04.9 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:05.1 | Valentine's Day. |
| 0:05.7 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:06.9 | Groundhog. |
| 0:07.8 | February. |
| 0:08.6 | I think it's weird that we have an R in there. |
| 0:10.6 | Those are the three things I think of. |
| 0:12.2 | Two problems with our language. |
| 0:14.6 | February and Wednesday. |
| 0:17.5 | Wednest Day. |
| 0:18.1 | Wednest Day. |
| 0:18.6 | Those are the only two problems with the English language. |
| 0:20.4 | Everything else is easy. |
| 0:22.2 | And I also have the judgment that anybody who lives in the Upper Midwest, February is the worst month because we're still, you know, the Christmas thing is well over. |
| 0:30.5 | Right. |
| 0:31.0 | March is still not here. |
| 0:33.2 | I don't, January seems more tolerable because it's supposed to be cold. |
| 0:36.2 | Whereas February, I feel like, you know. |
| 0:39.1 | You always tell me that February is tough for sports. |
| 0:41.7 | Well, yeah, I mean, we got March Madness, but March Madness doesn't even start until. |
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