(Coffee shop accidental eavesdropping)
“There was a casual-neat adult son just across the way from me, squaring his holiday plans with his concerned mother.
“On the table next to me, a fussily neat daughter was trying to explain to her inquisitive parents what she’s doing the coming weekend.
“And I thought that, really, these were conversations that were products of lack of independence. If these two kids had had their own places, they wouldn’t have to say anything to anyone if they didn’t want to. Their independence has been terribly eroded just because they’re still living at home.
“And I wondered, what else is being lost, is being denied.
“I guess we’ll find out soon enough.”
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