In well-meaning efforts to spare the folks' feelings, adult children often keep troubles to themselves. While it certainly isn't wise to run to parents with every little thing, discussing difficult situations helps ease pain and strengthens family bonds. Phone calls also bring joy. Things are getting better. Allow me to discuss the future.
Most adult children avoid discussing death with their parents.
Doing so means accepting the harsh fact parents won't live forever. It isn't morbid, and I have definite wishes. She informed them where her will, deed to the house and other important documents were kept. Margaret died a few months later of a no-warning stroke. Her open and honest approach to facing the future kept grief from being compounded by a snarl of business affairs.