Thanksgiving gave you a preview...
And now you’re wondering how you’ll actually make it through winter break without:
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an argument,
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a slammed door,
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or your twenty-something disappearing to friends’ houses for hours just to get space.
You love your kid.
But being under the same roof again brings everything to the surface:
The tension.
The tone.
The eye-roll when you ask one too many questions.
The old teenage habits you thought were long gone:
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staying up until 3am
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sleeping half the day
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skipping meals
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living in a sea of half-folded laundry
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ignoring basic household responsibilities
They’re an adult, so why do they act 16 again the second they walk through your door?
You don’t want to nag.
You do want your grown kid to act grown.
And somewhere beneath all of that frustration…
you’re also just worried.
Because what you’re seeing at home makes you wonder how adulting is actually going for them.