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Susie Larson Live

Jim Burns on parenting your adult children

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8837 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Parenting is a lifelong role, but the job description changes over time - especially when your children become independent adults. Dr. Jim Burns breaks down some important principles for parenting adult children from his book Doing Life With Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

0:01.3

Here's the podcast from Middays with Susie Larson.

0:04.1

Enjoy the conversation.

0:24.6

Welcome to just won't do dance. You don't have to know how to ever since, ever since we've got you like to. Welcome to Middays.

0:25.6

I'm Susie Larson so honored to have you listening today.

0:27.6

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day

0:30.6

that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk, deepen your understanding of God's Word,

0:35.6

and even heighten your awareness of his very

0:37.7

real presence in your life. Well, here's the question to get today's conversation started.

0:43.0

If you have adult children, maybe you've asked yourself questions like these. Is it okay to give

0:48.2

advice to my adult children? What's the difference between enabling and helping? What boundary

0:54.1

should I have in place if my adult

0:55.5

child moves back home? What should I do if it seems my adult child is not maturing into adulthood?

1:02.0

What's a healthy and appropriate way to relate to my adult child's significant other?

1:06.3

And how can I support my adult child if I don't support their values? Is it even possible? Well, if you've

1:11.9

wondered such things, I'm telling you what, you've come to the right place. Jim Burns joined me

1:15.5

today to talk about his new book, Doing Life with Your Adult Children, Keep Your Mouth Shut,

1:19.9

and the Welcome Matt out. This book is full of practical advice. We've got three copies to get

1:24.5

into your hands. You can start right now, in on the drawing by emailing middays at my faith radio.com.

1:31.0

And as you know, I always love to hear from you.

1:33.1

Chime into the conversation with things you've learned and parenting your adult children,

1:36.6

or maybe you're an adult with parents and you feel like you're being parented in a way that's helpful

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