[Quilla]

My children are 17 and 19 and I still want to hold their hands walking across a mall parking lot. (Yes, they think I'm nuts.)

[mlc9852]

Mine are 21 and 18 yr old twins and I do the same thing often - makes them realy mad but old habits are hard to break.

[Bahbah]

My children are 17 and 19 and I still want to hold their hands walking across a mall parking lot.

I can relate. No matter which of my children (now adults)is in the passenger seat with me, if there's a sudden stop they get the right arm across the chest. They just laugh about it.

[jocon307]

(Yes, they think I'm nuts.)

Mine thinks I'm nuts too. I've been trying unsuccessfully to get her to keep the covers on for 19 years now!

[dsutah]

Now that you mention it; I remember in the times before it was mandatory to buckle small kids (not little babies) in child seats, or putting them in the back seat only. I always had a habit of putting my arm out in front of them, as if to hold them back in their seat! I would do this in order to keep them from falling forward into the dashboard if I had to stop fast.

And you know what? I still catch myself doing this occasionally, in spite of myself! My kids laugh when I do that, but occasionally, it's an unconscious act!