Julie Bacon
@joolsbee.bsky.social
Priest (Associate Archdeacon-Transition Enabler in the Anglican diocese of Sheffield) and lifelong fan of The Archers.
It’s not that simple in real life. Of course adult children shouldn’t infantilise their parents, but if it’s a truly adult-adult relationship, elderly parents would understand that their decisions affect their children, however much they protest that they shouldn’t.
March 18, 2026 at 11:03 AM
It’s not that simple in real life. Of course adult children shouldn’t infantilise their parents, but if it’s a truly adult-adult relationship, elderly parents would understand that their decisions affect their children, however much they protest that they shouldn’t.
But Carol’s choices affect Anna, like it or not, and Carol isn’t acknowledging that. She seems incapable of understanding why Anna worries, or seeking any compromise to mitigate that worry. Sadly, a situation I recognise from RL all too often.
March 18, 2026 at 10:59 AM
But Carol’s choices affect Anna, like it or not, and Carol isn’t acknowledging that. She seems incapable of understanding why Anna worries, or seeking any compromise to mitigate that worry. Sadly, a situation I recognise from RL all too often.
Wasn’t it Fallon? But yes, agreed.
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Wasn’t it Fallon? But yes, agreed.