My adult children keep asking when their father and I are going to downsize and move closer to them but we love our home and community here and I think they don't understand that we're not ready to organize our lives around making their visits easier. We want to stay connected but not at the cost of giving up the life we've built, and every conversation about it feels loaded.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two generations are struggling to balance legitimate needs for connection with equally legitimate needs for autonomy, with love making the negotiation harder instead of easier.
“Where Are You with Belonging for immigrants and refugees?”
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