And so I have tried very hard, even with adult children, not to be their friend."

“But that’s not an adult,” Goldberg noted.

“My kid is much older than your daughter.”

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“He’s not an adult yet,” Goldberg interjected.

That is important."

[My great-granddaughter] Charlie, who’s only nine, that’s not my friend!"

Still, Hostin felt that there was an important divide that should exist between a mother and their child.

“Well that’s too bad,” Goldberg replied.

“I’m sad to hear that.”

“I have a certain… Just … “I hope!”

“Well, I don’t think so.”

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