Welcome to the debrief podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown.

On this show, Pastor Matt sits down with his friends to answer your questions about life, Jesus, and the Bible.

Let's get into the episode.

Hey, and welcome back to the debrief podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown.

And we're going to jump right into this first question because I think this question resonates so much for us because we have known these seasons.

We have adult kids, which is what we're going to talk about now.

Michelle from Riverside, California, asked this.

We attend church every Sunday, but I feel for my adult child that it ends there. They live at

home, but they don't regard our advice or have worrisome behavior. How can we set and maintain

healthy boundaries, help them understand our Christian values, and guide them toward a safer

Christ-led path, all while managing our emotional values and guide them toward a safer Christ-led path,

all while managing our emotional responses and respecting their independence into adulthood.

Yeah, Michelle, man, thank you so much for this question, and my heart goes out to you.

And, you know, Tammy and I have raised...

It's such a tricky net.

Yeah, we have raised adult children.

And so let me kind of, you know, walk through this and just kind of unpack your question.

And again, a podcast isn't a pastor, so I would encourage you to connect to your local campus and talk to somebody in soul care or a pastor so they can get all the nuances of this.

But I'm going to do the best that I can. You know, first of all, let me say that we love you

and we love your kids and we're praying for them.

You said, but they don't regard our advice.

Michelle, part of that is the natural thing

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