Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Uninvited Guests - Navigating Life with Adult Children, Part 2

Listen in the App
26 min·November 4, 2025

About this Episode

When your child goes off to college, starts a career, or gets married, how does your role as mom and dad change? In this program, Chip continues his insightful conversation with Jim Burns, "Doing Life with Your Adult Children." They discuss this dramatic, relational shift from one of direct authority to one of mutual respect, which causes many parents to feel lost about their place in their kids' lives. Learn why parents should embrace this new chapter and strive to foster a healthy adult-to-adult relationship that encourages their children’s independence.

6 Principles to Parenting Your Adult Kids

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

Broadcast Resource

Additional Resource Mentions

Connect

Partner With Us

Teachers

Topics

Scripture References

From this Show

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Listen on Selah

Play, save, and rate episodes. Get personalized recommendations based on the teachers and topics you love.

Get the App
Uninvited Guests - Navigating Life with Adult Children, Part 2 — Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast — Selah