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December 8, 2010
Having trouble talking to your parents? You're not alone.
Most difficult topics for Boomers to speak to parents about:
- 42% Needing to leave home
- 30% Losing driving privileges
- 11% Money/Finances
- 11% Health
- 5% None
Biggest obstacle to communicating difficult issues with parents:
- 31% Continuation of parent/children role
- 16% Parents refuses to talk
- 12% Physical issues
- 10% Child feels unprepared
- 8% Distance
- 5% Fear
Need help getting these important conversations off the ground, visit our Conversations Starters page or Communications Tips for more information.
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February 13, 2011 at 6:18 pm | Posted by Cindy
My mother is 78 years old. She is starting to have problems when driving. Albeit minor mishaps, ie. ruining tires by going into potholes, going over curbs, and most recently turning into a muddy area where she thought was the road to our church. This area wasn't even a road and she got stuck in the mud. She almost hit a policeman head on and he shook his finger at her. Last year while I was riding with her, she went out onto the highway and just sat there while a car was coming. I panicked and told her to move over to the median. She assured me that she was doing just that..however, she was moving at a snail's pace. When it was over, I asked her why she would just sit in the middle of the road waiting for a car to hit us. She said she thought she was in the median. Some scary stuff. Not sure what to do as she's fairly capable most of the time.
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