Post by Doug on Jan 30, 2015 19:43:57 GMT -5
Rather than do parents/child etc for every sentence just assume it applies to which ever. So which ever you are, were read it that way. All of us have been in at least one of those from one side or the other.
At what age to parents stop being stupid. I think that one is kind of universal around 30. Doesn't mean that you take parents advice but you no longer just hear blah blah blah. Somebody (Art Linkletter?) said it's amazing how you can go from stupid to smart while your kid goes from 15 to 30. Or something like that. My parents were so stupid when I was 16.
At what age do parents start becoming important (call or see more than once a week)(not like they aren't always important but you don't give them much thought). I thought I could nail that one down too but the more I thought about it I think it has more to do with the parent age(and condition) than the child age. In my late 30s my father was going down hill fast and he moved to the front of my thoughts(he died when I was 41). But it wasn't till I was about 50 that my mother moved there(putting here 70+). And the same thing seems to have been true with Chris' folks.
One thing we have noticed with grandkids is that after around 8 grandparents become not too important. I think depending on the family etc that they may become important again in their old age if the grandkid is grown by then.
At what age to parents stop being stupid. I think that one is kind of universal around 30. Doesn't mean that you take parents advice but you no longer just hear blah blah blah. Somebody (Art Linkletter?) said it's amazing how you can go from stupid to smart while your kid goes from 15 to 30. Or something like that. My parents were so stupid when I was 16.
At what age do parents start becoming important (call or see more than once a week)(not like they aren't always important but you don't give them much thought). I thought I could nail that one down too but the more I thought about it I think it has more to do with the parent age(and condition) than the child age. In my late 30s my father was going down hill fast and he moved to the front of my thoughts(he died when I was 41). But it wasn't till I was about 50 that my mother moved there(putting here 70+). And the same thing seems to have been true with Chris' folks.
One thing we have noticed with grandkids is that after around 8 grandparents become not too important. I think depending on the family etc that they may become important again in their old age if the grandkid is grown by then.
