Do Your Children Know Everything?

Jules

Jules

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Do your adult children know so much that they have to tell you how you should be living your life? Not politely suggesting, just informing you the way things should be. My husband’s son knows everything, he’s always been that way. Today he was telling my husband what he should do and he was wrong; he hadn’t thought of the big picture. Just venting.
 

Jules said:
Do your adult children know so much that they have to tell you how you should be living your life? Not politely suggesting, just informing you the way things should be. My husband’s son knows everything, he’s always been that way. Today he was telling my husband what he should do and he was wrong; he hadn’t thought of the big picture. Just venting.
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My oldest has a tendency to be like that, but he is getting better. Most of the time...:cautious:
 
The children are in charge today, our time is past, whatever
they say or do, is law, in their own country, but they should
still respect their parents, especially their Mother.

Mike.
 

Yes !! My daughter has been like this since she left home at 23... overnight she turned into the mother, now she's 46, I can barely breathe without her telling me that I'm doing it wrong....I have no idea how I find my way home on my own.. :unsure:... she's extremely critical of everything I do..because in her eyes it's wrong!

For example,.. I have never had any heart problems or Blood pressure probs..or diabetes.. et al.. ( touch wood)... but she's critical of the amount of salt I might put on food when we're out having lunch or dinner. ..If I'm at her house.. and she serves me a sausage sandwich, which is rare tbh.. I'm not permitted to have salt on it.. ..I'm told that I can't have salt because there's already salt in the butter , or the bread.. and she means it...
 
I know this is isn't what this thread is about, but my son really does know everything when it comes to the names of people and things my husband and I can no longer seem to recall. He's our own handy Alexa.

I'll say, "The confusion over her vacation travel reminded me of that movie, you know the one with the big comedian who died, we saw it with that couple we used to go out with a lot." My son's voice will be like a quiet back-up singer filling in the names;
Carol, Planes Trains and Automobiles, John Candy, the Bertinis.
 
My stepson was like that. He was always telling my husband what he did wrong or how he should have done it. I am afraid he did not like me very much because I would interrupt him to remind him that he did not even have a house of his own to remodel and my husband had done our whole house by himself. My own son though does not do that and he always has asked my advice on various things.
 
All of them the year they were 13 and with the boys that meant 2 at once. After that year they became more reasonable.

My 'boys' will be 47 in June. DD will be 39 in September. While my conservative son and i sometimes debate politics, we hear each other out and we don't let it effect how we feel about each other. My Grandson is on Autism Spectrum, turns 14 in December, but suspect he won't grow out of the 'certainty' as fast they did.
 
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Jules said:
Do your adult children know so much that they have to tell you how you should be living your life? Not politely suggesting, just informing you the way things should be. My husband’s son knows everything, he’s always been that way. Today he was telling my husband what he should do and he was wrong; he hadn’t thought of the big picture. Just venting.
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MOST people IMO who try to tell you what you should do ............have Zero thought or consideration to the big picture
My SIL is like that but we just ignore it....
my oldest used to be like that but with more life experience not just assumption he grew out of it
 
Tish said:
Mine knew it all when they were in their teens since then life and responsibilities have caught up with them, now I get to sit back and laugh because their children now know everything lol.
They don't bother arguing with Nan( Me) because I told them all that I was born before Google! :LOL:
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Love it! .... funny how that happens:)
 
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Pappy said:
My children are all in their 60’s and I’ve noticed that they are getting concerned about us more. We are getting a gift card quite often because they know we are on a fixed income. Yes, I would say they know it all now because they are now grandparents too.
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How the passage of time freaks me out. My wife and I are in our seventies, we have no children, but in our heads children are just that, not sixty somethings with grandchildren.
 
It seems to be the circle of life. I remember thinking I was grown at sixteen. Couldn't tell me anything. When I got to be around forty I started listening to the old folk. Visualy in my mind it was like watching an old movie. My daughter gladly asks my opinion. My son thinks he is beyond it. They are both in their middle thirties.
 
Old joke:

A man took his son out to celebrate his 25th birthday. They were discussing things the son had done growing up...those "don't tell Dad" kinds of things...and the son said "Dad, when I was 18 I knew you were really not very smart. I'm amazed at how much know now and how much you've learned in the past seven years."
 
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