<p>My mother, who is 88, asks me to make all her decisions and always has. My kids do chat with me a lot, but it’s not that kind of thing. It’s a random Shakespeare quote that came into their mind that they want to share with someone who will get it or a political vent that they want to share with someone who will agree.</p>
<p>One went to England and the other to Florence not problem, so I don’t think dependency is the issue.</p>
<p>I think we parents are lucky to be friends with our kids as well as parents. My parents’ culture and values were too different from mine for that to have been the case.</p>
<p>For instance, DS just texted, “Maurice Sendak died.” Nothing but “awwwwww” is required in response. I suppose when he has a significant other these texts will be much less frequent.</p>
<p>DD and I don’t text because she reserves that for close friends and boyfriends. Her calls have more import, and they are often about a contemplated expenditure on a fashion item. I am often unsure of whether she wants to be talked out of or into the expenditure.</p>