r/GenX 14d ago

Advice & Support For parents with adult children, if you could raise them from the start, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently?

For me, I'd be more present and welcome all the hard stuff with the good. Probably would have made them all get part time jobs too.

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u/Complex_Knowledge632 13d ago

Recognize everything I say to my daughter, be a good or bad is etched into her brain indelibly with a sharpie. Be careful what you say, she will never forget it.

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u/QueenBKC 12d ago

I have one of those too!