| 151 - How to Parent Adult Children (Classic Issue) |
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| Written by Patrick Morley |
| Wednesday, December 10 2008 12:50 |
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Classic Issue In 2002 both of our children were married. They both “leaved and cleaved” within six months of each other—John in June and Jen in November. Wow! What an adjustment! That got me thinking. How do you parent an adult child? What should that relationship look like? And how can we make sure it works well? THE PROBLEM Patsy, my wife, has said on many occasions, "Your parents let us get away from them." In other words, they didn't work at getting together with us, showing interest in our world, or letting us know what was going on in their lives. They rarely showed any interest in what I did. Even when I would share a detail they didn't ask any follow up questions. They rarely talked to me about any matters of the heart--it was all surface stuff. As a result, getting together was pretty much obligatory.
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