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When parental help becomes identity protection

I gave my son money for rent again last month even though he's thirty-five and has a job, and I tell myself it's love but I think I'm actually afraid of what kind of mother I'd be if I let him struggle.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Continuing to rescue adult children can reveal more about the parent's need to feel useful and loving than about the child's actual needs.

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