Letting Children Be Children
Category: Parenting -
General
...Although parents receive many benefits from their
children, it is not the job of children to take care
of their parents, at least not during the growing up
years. Children whose parents depend too much on them
end up taking on adult roles prematurely and miss out
on their own childhoods. They never get to relax and
just be kids. Family therapists sometimes refer to
these adult-like children as parental or companionate
children...
