My son calls me every day to complain about his job, his girlfriend, his apartment, but when I try to give advice he gets angry and says I do not understand his generation.
More people experience this than they realize.
The parent becomes a repository for pain they cannot fix, trapped between the impulse to solve and the reality that some burdens belong to their bearer.
“Where Are You with Adult relationships with adult children?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.