Doing Life with Your Adult Children Doing Life with Your Adult Children Jim Burns

Doing Life with Your Adult Children

Practice Restraint and Maintain Open Doors

by Jim Burns

★ 4.4 18 min read

About This Book

Navigating Relationships with Your Grown Children (2019) tackles the challenging shift parents experience as their offspring reach adulthood, presenting actionable advice for managing changing dynamics while staying connected. The book explores effective approaches to frequent obstacles including establishing limits, recognizing the line between assistance and dependence, managing disagreements over values, and encouraging autonomy without sacrificing family ties.

Who Should Read This?

  • Parents with college-aged children adjusting to a hands-off parenting style
  • Empty nesters rebuilding connections with their grown offspring
  • Mothers and fathers who care deeply for their children despite disapproving of certain decisions

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