http://mothering21.com/2010/01/24/the-really-do-need-us-study-proves/ A beat blog for "parenting" the over-21 set Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://mothering21.com/2010/01/24/the-really-do-need-us-study-proves/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Melinda Blau Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:43:48 +0000 http://mothering21.com/?p=368#comment-126 It's soooooo much healthier the way adult children interact with their parents--particularly their mothers--than when we (those of us old enough to have adult children) were younger. There are still generational rifts, but not so much of a gap. We not only have a host of ways to communicate, we also share books, TV, sports. We're get the same jokes. My daughter and I even coined a term for it: "generation overlap." With a little technological help, I'm going to get back to our website (now six years old and laying fallow because we were both otherwise engaged) Check it out: http:/www.motheru.com It’s soooooo much healthier the way adult children interact with their parents–particularly their mothers–than when we (those of us old enough to have adult children) were younger. There are still generational rifts, but not so much of a gap. We not only have a host of ways to communicate, we also share books, TV, sports. We’re get the same jokes. My daughter and I even coined a term for it: “generation overlap.” With a little technological help, I’m going to get back to our website (now six years old and laying fallow because we were both otherwise engaged) Check it out: http:/www.motheru.com

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