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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 326096" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>as others have said, it's maturity. A good thing.</p><p></p><p>When mine have real problems, or need a "sounding board" they still call mom. Because I somehow instilled in them the freedom to make their own mistakes, yet the knowledge that I would be there for them when they needed me. I say somehow because I'm sure I screwed it up more than a few times over the years. They don't do this with my ex because he tried (actually he still tries) to control every aspect of their lives.</p><p></p><p>My oldest is married. But when he was deployed, he gave ME the rights to his bank account (with his wife's blessing). She has some issues with money, and it was his way of keeping things under check. He knew that I, in my anal/retentive nature, would account for every penny.</p><p></p><p>Yet, I still don't know all that goes on in his life, and that's how it should be.</p><p></p><p>It's a fine balancing act as they become adults. Sometimes we get it right as parents, other times we don't. But it's what comes with their maturity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 326096, member: 439"] as others have said, it's maturity. A good thing. When mine have real problems, or need a "sounding board" they still call mom. Because I somehow instilled in them the freedom to make their own mistakes, yet the knowledge that I would be there for them when they needed me. I say somehow because I'm sure I screwed it up more than a few times over the years. They don't do this with my ex because he tried (actually he still tries) to control every aspect of their lives. My oldest is married. But when he was deployed, he gave ME the rights to his bank account (with his wife's blessing). She has some issues with money, and it was his way of keeping things under check. He knew that I, in my anal/retentive nature, would account for every penny. Yet, I still don't know all that goes on in his life, and that's how it should be. It's a fine balancing act as they become adults. Sometimes we get it right as parents, other times we don't. But it's what comes with their maturity. [/QUOTE]
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