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[quote=Anonymous]OP here... I think my folks were always a little needy and relied a lot on me and my sibling. Now it seems a lot worse and I am not sure how to deal with it, which is why I am asking.

Before I was married with kids, I could give them a lot more attention, etc. Now, as a working mom with a husband and 3 young kids, it is a lot harder to do so. My sibling also is not as receptive to their needs which adds another dynamic.

I try to be understanding but firm with them that this is the way things are now. They are usually accepting of that, but then will have an issue come up out of nowhere that they obsess about and get overly upset over. For example, my little 4 YO in a joking voice called my mom "off-putting" (probably because he heard me say this word in another context). I did tell my kid in front of my mom that this is not nice, etc. She totally freaked out about this and turned it into an issue of not being respected, having standing, etc. Honestly, I don't even think my kid knows what that word means. But she blew this up into a big thing. Both my parents are doing these type of things a lot more now, especially my mom.

I don't want to distance myself from them because that is not the answer. But, I really don't like visiting them anymore because there is always some idiotic issue like this that gets them upset and starts unnecessary drama...[/quote]

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