Mothers Of Adult Children

The vast majority of most parenting happens with adult children

It's Mother's Day. Yes, I already called my mother. Vita West Muir is my mom, and she is both a recurring character on this newsletter and podcast…and behind the scenes has helped me with some of the more ambitious pieces. Vita was a professional medical editor earlier in her life and still does some copy editing for major works of mine, Including my book: Adolescent Suicide and Self-Injury. (affiliate link).

Vita Muir, in her role as a new grandmother of one of the Muir Twins.

Today, in honor of Mother’s Day, a meditation on the relationship between Mothers and their Adult Children.

I will define adults as those 18 and over… The average age of first child in the US varies across ethnic groups, according to Pew: