Ira Glass

Only one topic they all needed to talk about.

And that was their relationships with their adult children.

And at some point, that became the only thing the group discussed.

It became its official reason for existence.

They had such trauma

And they didn't know what to make of what was going on between them and their adult children.

And they invited my mom to lead a discussion on how to get along with your adult children.

So as her preparation, my mom's a big preparer, and she does research and looks up articles and calls experts.

Anyway, as part of this preparation, she decided to call her own three adult children.

By the time she called me, my mom had already called my older sister, Randi.

And she asked my sister what advice she would give the group.

Randy's advice was brief and to the point.

Tell them to get a different leader.

Adult children.

Okay, so then what happens is that I explain, here's what we're doing on the show today.

It's going to be an episode about adult children and their relationships with their adult parents.

And then I set up the interview with my mom.

I say that I told my mom that I thought that my sister Randy had been maybe a little harsh in the way that she put things.

I was just going to say, feel free to amend or correct anything.

Oh.