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I'm going to repeat what some others have said. Parents never stop being parents. Parents who care about their children are always going to care about them.
I work with adolescents, they complain to me that their parents treat them like they are a kid. I smile and tell them "You will always be her/his child."
Someone else mentioned boundaries. As the child becomes an adult it's time to start setting boundaries on what you will and will not accept from your parents. That doesn't mean they won't still tell you what to do. It means you can tell them you prefer to make your own choices.
What no one has mentioned is the stage in life when the child becomes the parent to the parent. It is heartbreaking. As my mother's dementia progressed I had to take over the role of parent to her to make sure her needs were met.
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