Still continuing to ponder #10 of my Top 10 List for parenting adult children - Make the Transition. When my son was about 16 he did his best to let me know he had had enough! Enough of me constantly checking on his classwork through the satanic program that allows parents of high school students […]

Point #10 in my Top 10 List for Parents of Adult Children is "Make the Transition." By this I mean that both the becoming-an-adult child and the becoming-the-parent-of-an-adult-child parent must gradually, slowly, in fits and starts, make the transition from the stage of overt parenting to the stage where the parent plays more of a […]

This is a re-post of one of my most popular bits of writing in recent years. As I listen to parents of adult children talk honestly about their struggles, their confusion, pain and longing, I thought it might be good for all of us (me, too!) to revisit this series of posts today. ***************** In […]