Dealing with a backseat parent

Backseat parents make it impossible to thrive on your own terms. Deal with them by setting boundaries and shifting your perspective.

Image by @estherhelen via Twenty20

by: E.B. Johnson

The relationships we share with our parents is important, but they shift and change as we both grow and age. The bond we share with our caretakers as children is entirely different from the connections we cultivate as mutual adults. Sometimes this transition happens naturally. To others, however, it come…