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Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Uninvited Guests - Navigating Life with Adult Children, Part 2

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

When your child goes off to college, starts a career, or gets married, how does your role as mom and dad change? In this program, Chip continues his insightful conversation with Jim Burns, "Doing Life with Your Adult Children." They discuss this dramatic, relational shift from one of direct authority to one of mutual respect, which causes many parents to feel lost about their place in their kids' lives. Learn why parents should embrace this new chapter and strive to foster a healthy adult-to-adult relationship that encourages their children’s independence.

6 Principles to Parenting Your Adult Kids

  1. Your ROLE as a parent has to change. -Psalm 127:3-5a
  2. Unsolicited advice is usually taken as CRITICISM. -Proverbs 9:8-10
  3. Become a STUDENT of their culture. -1 Corinthians 9:20-22
  4. When your grown children VIOLATE your values, you can’t want it more than they want it. -Proverbs 14:12, 21:1
  5. They will never know how far the town is if you CARRY them on your back. -Hebrews 12:11
  6. Financial independence and responsibility is the GOAL. -Luke 16:10

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0:00.0

As your child moves into adulthood, and whether that's going off to college or starting a career or getting married,

0:08.0

I don't know if there's a more difficult or challenging time to be a parent than when you have adult kids.

0:15.0

I thought my parenting was over.

0:18.0

Ah, ha, ha, ha!

0:20.0

When I meet with other parents of adult children, we still have a lot to learn.

0:25.0

That's today you don't want to miss it.

0:30.6

Thank you for being with us for this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

0:35.9

Chip serves as our Bible teacher for this global teaching and discipleship ministry,

0:40.2

helping Christians develop an authentic faith.

0:43.4

Well, in just a minute, we'll wrap up our newest series, Uninvited Guests.

0:47.5

And we've covered a lot of ground over the past many, many broadcasts,

0:51.0

as Chip shared some essential biblical wisdom for parents, husbands, and wives.

0:56.3

Our goal for this entire teaching has been to strengthen families amidst this hostile culture.

1:01.9

So if you want to catch up on any messages that you missed or revisit one that you really liked,

1:06.6

go to Living on the Edge.orgorg or wherever you listen to podcasts.

1:12.4

Well, in this program, we'll hear the second half of Chip's conversation with his friend Jim Burns, author of the book, Doing Life with Your Adult Children.

1:20.8

Now, last time, they discussed the first three principles from Jim's book that parents need to adopt in their relationships with their grown kids.

1:28.4

Today, they'll walk through the last three. So grab your Bible and notes as Chip begins with

1:33.7

principle number four. When your grown children violate your values, you can't want it more than

1:42.8

they want it. And so we're talking about they're cohabitating.

1:46.6

Maybe they have a porn or alcohol or drug addiction or they've chosen an alternative lifestyle.

1:53.3

Or they've just said, you know what, you, your faith, Jesus, forget it.

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