Business Insider
US · 34 mins ago
I used to roll my eyes at my mom's overprotective texts. Now I send the same messages to her and to my daughter.
The author (not pictured) cares for her mom and her daughter.
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Living with my aging mother changed how I understood her worries.
I realized I had started treating my college daughter the same way.
Parenting and caregiving have become mirror images of each other.
I bounded upstairs to retrieve the laundry basket, trying to tack on one more chore before losing the day to my remote job's endless emails and Zoom meetings.
As I picked up the strewn-out clothes — this is why m
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