My friends and I are all dealing with our parents suddenly needing us to be their tech support, financial advisors, and decision-makers, but we never talk about how weird it feels to parent the people who raised us. We just joke about it but underneath there's this shared discomfort none of us knows how to name.
More people experience this than they realize.
The collective silence around a shared experience of role reversal that feels too strange and uncomfortable to name directly.
“Where Are You with When parents age — role reversal?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.