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So I knew I was grown up the day that I was taller than my mother and I could be calm in an argument with her where she was kind of all over the map.

I knew I was grown up when I had to pay for my own food on family vacation.

When I moved out of state and I didn't have a security blanket anymore.

The day we signed up papers for our first house.

I knew I was grown up when I had to start buying my own groceries.

When I was proposed to by my husband, when I moved out of my parents' house.

I'll never forget the day I got my driver's license.

I felt an incredible sense of freedom and independence.

Well, I wonder when you first felt like you're all grown up.

But we've all experienced certain situations where right-of-passage moments where we realize I'm part of the adult world.

But what about your kids?

They know what being a grown up is and as a parent are you intentionally getting them ready for adulthood.

These are important questions that we're going to be talking about today on Focus on the Family.

Your host is Focus President and author Jim Daley and I'm John Fuller.

The transition from childhood to adulthood can be one of the more challenging stages that families will experience.

It's almost like we can look back and go, I knew exactly where I was when I felt like the adult.

Or with your kids, I knew exactly when they felt like an adult, right?

As your kids enter the teen years, attention begins to build.

They want more independence, but you still want them to follow the rules and keep up with the things like homework and chores and stuff like that.

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