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I mean, yeah. My parent work in jobs where there is a high degree of confidentiality. Health care, patients, enough said.. So I'm not allowed to ask them about their jobs. If they were having a bad week, I could not ask and help if I wanted too because they obviously can't tell me that someone died or maybe that someone my age had a drug overdose and now their freaking about "what if my kid makes this sort of mistake" or something like that.

They'll be ok. It's great if a parent can talk to their kid, but overall they don't want to make their problems their child's problems. They typically talk to a partner or a friend if they can. If that isn't possible and things are really bad, I'd hope they'd talk to a therapist or something, but I don't think it's weird that a parent ent confide in their kid about everything and it's not your fault your mom isn't letting you help. You can always just say your worried and that you hope she'll talk to someone if she needs it.