Before you get all sad on me do you actually have teenage children of your own? I have watched my much younger sisters-in-law go through something like this wi

Before you get all sad on me do you actually have teenage children of your own? I have watched my much younger sisters-in-law go through something like this with strung out dependency on Mom. At some point you actually have to cut the cord. It is safer the younger they are. You hope they go to college, graduate, and get a great independent job. This doesn't always happen. Like with everything else life is much easier when expectations are set early.