I knocked again: Sleep affirmations for parents of adult children who won't leave home

Some nights you stand outside a closed door, listening for any sign that he is all right. Tonight, you can set the tray down and go to bed. Stay as long as you like. Falling asleep here is the whole idea. ________________________ Eight years ago, her son's company folded, and one day he simply stopped coming out of his room. Now he is thirty-six. Every evening she leaves a tray outside his door, tiptoes back to the kitchen, and sends part of her pension into his account. Last month she skipped an old friend's daughter's wedding, because she could not face one question: "So, what's your son up to these days?" If any of that sounds like a night you have had, this one is for you. Someone is sitting up with you tonight.