You Can’t Control an Adult Kid
Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
One of the more challenging aspects of parenting adult kids is you can't control their choices. Jim Daly and renowned author, Dr. Gary Chapman, will encourage you to focus on being a good influence on your adult son or daughter. Then, John and Danny will remind you that subtle changes to how you interact with an adult child can go a long way.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Jim Daly. A Merry Christmas to you and your family. I'm so grateful you've joined us today, |
| 0:07.4 | and it's my hope you will listen every day because we're here to offer you Bible-based practical help for your marriage, |
| 0:14.7 | your parenting, and your daily walk with Christ. Today, I'm inviting it to join us in ministry. |
| 0:20.6 | If you've benefited from any of our |
| 0:22.9 | programs or resources, can you help pay it forward by donating to focus on the family now before |
| 0:29.4 | the end of the year? Right now, your giving will have the most impact because some generous friends |
| 0:35.4 | are willing to match your giving dollar for dollar up to $8 million. |
| 0:40.9 | Isn't that amazing? |
| 0:42.3 | God is so good. |
| 0:44.2 | Just imagine the ministry impact we can have, working together to strengthen and save families in the days ahead. |
| 0:51.5 | Help us meet this match. |
| 0:53.2 | Give today by calling 800 a family or go to |
| 0:56.7 | Focus on the family.com slash family. Well, your children may be younger, but eventually |
| 1:07.4 | they're going to grow up and you'll have a relationship for a long, long time with your adult child. |
| 1:12.7 | It's really good to keep the door open for the relationship and just in case they need something. |
| 1:19.2 | I'm John Fuller and with me is Dr. Danny Werta, who heads up our parenting team. |
| 1:23.5 | Danny, you and I both raised children while we're here at Focus on the Family. |
| 1:28.0 | That's right. All the time. |
| 1:28.7 | And they've left. |
| 1:29.5 | And there they are doing their thing. |
| 1:32.0 | It's exciting. |
| 1:32.5 | You've got a married child, which is great. |
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