To ask if you'd spend time with your kids if you weren't related to them

[Pavementworrier]

As teens/adults I mean, obviously it would be weird and creepy to want to spend time with a random toddler

I love them to death but in all honesty, no I wouldn't. I don't really have anything in common with them.

As an ex-nanny and someone who works in Early Years I don’t think it would be weird and creepy to spend time with a random toddler! Toddlers are great fun! More fun than my adult DC. I think it would be a bit weird and creepy if I wanted to hang around with young men in their early 20s. I’m not sure chatting about cars and motorbikes is really my thing.

Yes, my three are adults between the ages of 22 and 35 and are great fun to be with. I also have a lot in common
re politics and current affairs with my son so we always have lots to talk about. As humans they are funny, intelligent and genuinely kind, so my kind of people to spend time with. I feel very privileged that I have good relationships with them as have friends who have difficult relationships with their children and it's very sad.

I love the company of my teenage / young adult children, but as a 50yo woman, no, I probably wouldn't hang out with random 16/20 year old boys, because that would be a bit odd...I enjoy their company because they are mine, so we have the fact that we are related in common, apart from incidental shared interests.

My adult daughter and her friend are leaders alongside me in my Brownie unit so in that sense, yes. My son and I share a hobby (canoeing) so also yes, I guess so.

If you're asking whether I like my children beyond simply tolerating them because I have to, then yes. They're fabulous!

My eldest is a really interesting person and I really enjoy hanging out with him and his friends.

I have very little in common with the others. Occasionally go to the football together or have random chats over a drink but we are all very different.

Yes I’m always chuffed to bits to be included in their plans. One of my oldest friends is taking her kids to a festival and asked me for tips. If you’d told us either would do that pre-kids we’d have laughed you out of town.

My adult children are great to be around , funny , kind generous yes I enjoy being with them

Absolutely I would. We often did stuff together when they were teens and have continued to do so. They’re in their 40s now, but we still meet up at least weekly for walks, coffee etc and go on holiday together most years with their partners and children. I’m very lucky!