So one thing I have struggled with is how to parent a young adult when I haven’t had the opportunity to live through the teenage years. My two aren’t teens yet but Wayne’s two are in their 20’s. Both have lived with us and Chad who is 24 still does. I still find it weird to take him to the beer store to get his beer for the weekend!! Because I haven’t had the gradual lead up to this it makes me feel like I am living in the twilight zone!! Another thing, is the hours that he keeps. He is a cook and works late and it is not unusual for him to go to friends well after midnight. This has been a hard adjustment. I worry too much I know and have had to learn to give him his space and to treat him like the adult that he is. This week he is heading away for a couple of days. For his birthday his dad and I gave him a couple nights at a hotel in downtown Toronto. Even though we are driving him, and picking him up, I still find this really unsettling. I feel like I am doing the wrong thing just dropping him off at a hotel!  Thank goodness he humours me and has already agreed to phone and check in with me each day. I’m lucky he is so patient with me…LOL.