Week 12 Post 2

My parents and I have a relationship like any young adults parent’s relationship is. When I was a teenager we must definitely had our issues. I am an only child so naturally my mom especially is over protective. My dad worked night shifts or 2^nd shift most of my life so it was always my mom and I stuck together and she made most of the decisions as to whether I could go do this or that. As I started having my own job and being able to drive we got into many fights about how late I could be out or what I could do. Also she would still treat me like a child and remind me to do my homework or to fill out this paper and wanted to know every detail about my life. Now I realize she was just being a caring parent but back then I got so annoyed by it because I just wanted to be treated like an adult. Now that I’m in college and have my own apartment and am living on my own and taking care of myself our relationship has definitely gotten better. I know that I’ll always have a home and a place there but it feels good to be off on my own doing my own thing. We will always have the linked lives that the book talks about in which success, health, and well-being of each family members, including those of another generation, as in the relationships between parents and children.