To ask if you're close to all your DCs?

[Lindtchocs]

Even those with adult children, are you closer to DD , DS or them all?

All of them, thankfully.

Mine are still young, so im cery close to all of them.

My mum has a better relationship with me and my youngest brother than my other brothers. She still speaks to them and she would love to be closer to them, but they have drifted away as theyve got older.

I think so. Three of them no longer live at home. We don't talk every week but we chat on Messenger and Whatsapp.

All of them (I think!) but in different ways. The four of them have very different personalities. They are teens now and we have our battles, but they are very open and talk to me.

I've only got one (DS who's 24) but we're close. we go out for lunch, he comes and stays etc. It's lovely to have that kind of relationship. I like to think if I'd had more kids I'd be close to them all.

I only have one so have no excuse.

My mums closer to my brother than me purely because she lives with him, but I still consider myself to be close to her we talk on the phone at least every other day, she's had time off work to help me with childcare etc. We do fall out occasionally, whereas she never falls out with brother but that's just life I think.

19, 16 and 15

I would say I'm close to all of them...they seem to like me as any rate

They would probably disagree though

My mum is equally close to all three of us, and we are all close to each other.

Yes, I'm really close to my two (19 and 17 year old boys). We don't actually do much together outside the home as we all have very different interests, but we're still very close. I still get lots of hugs! I think bring just the three of us for the majority of their lives has made us a really tight unit.

I emmigrated when I was younger and around the same time my brother moved next door to my parents with his family (my parents are very respectable of boundaries so there were never issues with this, it worked well.) Naturally in a sense they were closer - chatting most days, BBQs at the weekend etc.

I didn't resent this obviously - my choice to move away, and more importantly whenever I might call or visit I never felt our bond was less for it.

I think a parent can be closer by circumstance without it diminishing their love for the other child/children.

I have one child and we are close. Coming from a dysfunctional family who lack any warmth and interest made me determined I'd never be like them. My dad is an alcoholic and has dementia I've never had a real conversation with him and never will.