Have Your Grown Up Kids Really Grown Up

1. Your kids ask how YOU are doing from time to time

2. You are no longer a walking ATM

The days of being asked, “Hey Mom, got a twenty?” are OVER. By this time, junior has a job and learning to pay for rent, car payments and (gasp) even his own toilet paper! I remember the time I moved into my first studio apartment. I was sitting on the john and thought, “Oh man, I’ve got to buy EVERYTHING around here!” Yup. In the growing up years, your parents become smarter by the day.

3. The family cell phone plan is just for Mom and Dad

4. You go out for dinner on your birthday… and your kids foot the bill

5. Your kids stop blaming you for their poor choices

6. Holiday traditions change

7. Instead of trying to fix you, your kids honor you

Featured photo credit: Gabriela Pinto, Flickr, Creative Commons, June 6, 2011 via creativecommons.org