Uninvited Guests - Navigating Life with Adult Children, Part 1 — Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

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For the first 18 years of a child's life, their parent plays a critical role as caregiver, guide, and mentor. But what happens when kids leave the safety of home and go off on their own? How does a parent's role change? In this program, Chip talks to author Jim Burns about his book “Doing Life with Your Adult Children.” They discuss the new complexities of the parent-child relationship and highlight the boundaries that parents need to set to empower their kids without intruding on their lives.

6 Principles to Parenting Your Adult Kids

Your ROLE as a parent has to change. -Psalm 127:3-5a
Unsolicited advice is usually taken as CRITICISM. -Proverbs 9:8-10
Become a STUDENT of their culture. -1 Corinthians 9:20-22
When your grown children VIOLATE your values, you can’t want it more than they want it. -Proverbs 14:12, 21:1
They will never know how far the town is if you CARRY them on your back. -Hebrews 12:11
Financial independence and responsibility is the GOAL. -Luke 16:10

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