I have been thinking lately about why it is often so hard for adult kids and their parents to be kind to each other. Of course if we have not practiced kindness during the early years of family life, it is hard to all of a sudden become kind. It can be done, of course, […]

"I become more and more certain, as the years go by, that wherever friendship is destroyed, or homes are broken, or precious ties are severed, there is a failure of imagination. Someone is too intent on justifying himself, or herself, never venturing out to imagine the way things seem to the other person. Imagination is […]

Back to the Top 10 List for Parents of Adult kids … #3 on my list was Be Kind. There is so much to be said about kindness, especially in our families. And it is a mystery to me why it is often so hard to be kind to those who are closest to us. […]

If I start to become a safe person for my young adult kids to talk to about faith … we may end up having some really great conversations, especially if I do more listening than talking. Especially if I ask curious, friendly, open-ended questions and then shut my mouth and open my ears. But what […]

How can parents create a safe place for adult kids to talk about faith? First of all, I have learned anything I think I know the hard way. 🙂 Second of all, we all need to relax! God loves our children and understands that faith development is a journey often filled with winding roads, dangerous […]

Ok, here's a doozy ... In my Top 10 List for Parents of Adult Children, point #4 is ... Be safe about faith. In Christian homes, for some reason, this topic is especially prickly. Many of us love having little kiddos, who skip happily to church, sing little ditties of the faith, love learning about […]