Love kind

There is a moment in adulthood when you realise that your relationship with your parents has significantly altered course. The shift is almost imperceptible, but suddenly the dynamics aren’t quite what they used to be. One moment your parents are the supporting actors to your starring role and the next, your priorities change and their needs are taking centre stage.

It’s difficult to paint a picture of the way parent-child relationships evolve as we get older without succumbing to lazy descriptions of doddery elderly folk becoming reliant on their offspring out of the blue. In truth, things change more subtly than that: They might ask, laughingly, for your help with new technology… You may find yourself instinctively offering an arm as they get out of the car… And