Doing Life with Your Adult Children

Are you struggling to connect with your child now that they've left the nest? Are you feeling the tension and heartache as your relationship dynamic begins to change? In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, bestselling author and parenting expert Jim Burns provides practical advice and hopeful encouragement for navigating this tough yet rewarding transition. If you've raised a child, you know that parenting doesn't stop when they turn eighteen. In many ways, your relationship gets even more complicated--your heart and your head are as involved as ever, but you can feel things shifting, whether your child lives under your roof or rarely stays in contact. Doing Life with Your Adult Children helps you navigate this rich and challenging season of parenting. Speaking from his own personal and professional experience, Burns offers practical answers to the most common questions he's received over the years, including: My child's choices are breaking my heart--where did I go wrong? Is it OK to give advice to my grown child? What's the difference between enabling and helping? What boundaries should I have if my child moves back home? What do I do when my child doesn't seem to be maturing into adulthood? How do I relate to my grown child's significant other? What does it mean to have healthy financial boundaries? How can I support my grown children when I don't support their values? Including positive principles on bringing kids back to faith, ideas on how to leave a legacy as a grandparent, and encouragement for every changing season, Doing Life with Your Adult Children is a unique book on your changing role in a calling that never ends.

Are you struggling to connect with your child now that they've left the nest? Are you feeling the tension and heartache as your relationship dynamic begins to change? In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, bestselling author and parenting expert Jim Burns provides practical advice and hopeful encouragement for navigating this tough yet rewarding transition. If you've raised a child, you know that parenting doesn't stop when they turn eighteen. In many ways, your relationship gets even more complicated--your heart and your head are as involved as ever, but you can feel things shifting, whether your child lives under your roof or rarely stays in contact. Doing Life with Your Adult Children helps you navigate this rich and challenging season of parenting. Speaking from his own personal and professional experience, Burns offers practical answers to the most common questions he's received over the years, including: My child's choices are breaking my heart--where did I go wrong? Is it OK to give advice to my grown child? What's the difference between enabling and helping? What boundaries should I have if my child moves back home? What do I do when my child doesn't seem to be maturing into adulthood? How do I relate to my grown child's significant other? What does it mean to have healthy financial boundaries? How can I support my grown children when I don't support their values? Including positive principles on bringing kids back to faith, ideas on how to leave a legacy as a grandparent, and encouragement for every changing season, Doing Life with Your Adult Children is a unique book on your changing role in a calling that never ends.

Doing Life with Your Adult Children: 10 Steps to Building Better Relationships Your child may be grown, but your heart still skips a beat when they call. You want to be there for them-but how much is too much? Where's the line between supporting and interfering? If you're navigating the complex waters of parenting adult children, you're not alone. In "Doing Life with Your Adult Children," parenting expert [Author Name] offers a practical, heartfelt guide to transforming your relationship with your adult children. Through real-life stories, expert insights, and actionable strategies, this book shows you how to: Move from managing to mentoring your adult children Set healthy boundaries without building walls Support their independence while maintaining connection Navigate sensitive topics like finances and relationships Build meaningful new traditions as your family grows Drawing from extensive research and countless family interviews, this book provides a clear, 10-step roadmap for parents who want to stay meaningfully involved in their adult children's lives without overstepping. Whether your child is 22 or 42, just moving out or raising their own family, this guide helps you adapt your parenting style to this new season of life. This isn't just another parenting book-it's your companion in the journey of learning to love, support, and connect with your adult children in ways that respect their independence while deepening your relationship. Perfect for parents who want to remain vital, positive influences in their adult children's lives while avoiding the common pitfalls that can damage these precious relationships. Transform your relationship with your adult children today. Your new parenting journey starts here.