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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gave birth, wiped butts a thousand times, got up at all hours, dr visits, good schools, activities, nightly bedtime routines, braces, college - all that effort to see them a few times a year as adults. It’s what supposed to happen but I’m stuck by the  feeling of  loss associated with it. [/quote]

My mom could have written this. All I can say is that you can't reap what you don't sow.  She doesn't make that much of an effort and views me a bit like a child.  The judgment of my parenting has forced me to put up boundaries and visit less often for only a few days at a time, maybe 8 days in total per year.  I used to visit more often, but she is not respectful of me or my rules for my children.  Then she judges me by saying "well, I did this or that when you were little".... I'm trying to do better than her, hence I'm doing things differently.  
... and I do plan to make more of an effort with my kids respecting THEIR rules and boundaries for their children when they cross to adulthood.[/quote]

I don't think OP is criticizing anyone's parenting. Pretty sure she or he just wants to know how they got dropped off at the dump after investing so much love and support only to realize they no longer factor in their family's  life to any grear degree.

Before you say things about "reaping and sowing" and your buzzword "boundaries"..let me say, you won't know what hit you when your time comes. You think you are sowing what your future is, but you will have zero control over that. And, let me say, it's so sad. Do better, PP. Because what you are sowing is how your kids will treat you. 
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