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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.

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

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

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

and even heighten your awareness of his very

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

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

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

should I have in place if my adult

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

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

And how can I support my adult child if I don't support their values? Is it even possible? Well, if you've wondered such things, I'm telling you what, you've come to the right place. Jim Burns joined me today to talk about his new book, Doing Life with Your Adult Children, Keep Your Mouth Shut, and the Welcome Matt out. This book is full of practical advice. We've got three copies to get into your hands. You can start right now, getting on the drawing by emailing middays at my faith radio.com. And as you know, I always love to hear from you. Chime into the conversation with things you've learned and parenting your adult children, or maybe you're an adult with parents and you feel like you're being parented in a way that's helpful or not so much. We'd love to hear from you as well. Chime in to the conversation 877-933-2484, not by calls, but we're taking texts today. All right, let me tell you about my guest. We'll get him on the show. Jim Burns is president of Homeward. He's the executive director of the Homeward Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific University. He speaks to thousands around the world each year. He's an accomplished author. He and his wife, Kathy, lived in Southern California and have three grown daughters, two sons-in-law, and two grandchildren. Jim, so good to talk with you. Welcome back to the show. Susie, great to be with you. Always great to be with you. And here we are talking about adult children. and I can remember talking to you when my kids weren't adults and your kids weren't adults.

Exactly. Susie, great to be with you. Always great to be with you. And here we are talking about adult children. And I can remember talking to you when my kids were adults and your kids weren't adults. Exactly right. We're in such similar stages. Yes, we have. Indeed, we have. Well, you know this. I love to start out by talking scripture. And I'm wondering if you either have a life verse or just one you've been thinking about these days, you can share with us. Well, you know, one of my life verses is philippians 413 uh verse that so many people know i can do all things through him who strengthens

me and just i was i was suffering for the lord yesterday in honolulu i was speaking uh i think i

spoke 15 times in 10 days but i couldn't get anybody feel sorry for me and i was signing books

and i always signed my book philippians 413 and a asked me, I don't think somebody has asked me this in 10 years, but why do you put Philippians 413? And I went, that's a great question. And I actually had to think way, way back to remember that that is, I want that as a mindset that in my head and in my life that I can do all things, meaning I can have a strong marriage,

I can do all things, meaning

I can have a strong marriage, I can have, I can be a more confident parent, I can, you know,

handle finances better or whatever, because I can do it through him. And I'm convinced that

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