Mothers and sons... complex relationships. I'm 60 and still my mother's "baby". It doesn't matter that I supplement her income. Roles may change, but not relationships.
Watching my wife and youngest son (who is home from Michigan State for a few more days), I see the same dynamic in play. "Take these vitamins"... "eat your vegetables"... "drink orange juice, not soda".... But as I watch them happily cook dinner together... each making more than enough for the family meal... it is evident that my son is beginning to take on some of the adult roles. Of course, as he discusses going out with his friends during the middle of a snow storm, I realize that it is only a beginning.
Nevertheless, it is good to see a healthy relationship between them... among all of us, actually. We parents order less and discuss more; the children whine less and reason more. And there is a lot of mutual respect and love... that's the best part.
