The idea is to allow both parties to adjust with a minimum of sturm und drang, over about five to ten years, to the shift in the relationship from mother/child to adult/adult. Mom’s gotta train herself to loosen the apron strings at the same time that she trains her daughter to manage her own life without accumulating any more damage points than absolutely necessary. For which egregiously mixed metaphor I blush egregiously.
The idea is to allow both parties to adjust with a minimum of sturm und drang, over about five to ten years, to the shift in the relationship from mother/child to adult/adult. Mom’s gotta train herself to loosen the apron strings at the same time that she trains her daughter to manage her own life without accumulating any more damage points than absolutely necessary. For which egregiously mixed metaphor I blush egregiously.