Parenting Adults

Are you struggling to connect with your child now that they've left the nest? Are you feeling the tension and heartache as your relationship dynamic begins to change? In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, bestselling author and parenting expert Jim Burns provides practical advice and hopeful...

Raising children can bring unexpected challenges and unique obstacles at any age—but young adulthood requires an entirely new set of parenting skills! Adults between 18 and 25 are experiencing a radical transformation that can be hard for their parents to keep up with. From the decisions children make to the lifestyles they lead, many things can put a wedge in a parent–child relationship during this period. However, with the right set of tools, what could drive others apart can bring many families closer together!

We raise our children to be independent and lead fulfilling lives, but when they finally do, staying close becomes more complicated than ever. And for every bewildered mother who wonders why her children don't call, there is a frustrated son or daughter who just wants to be treated like a grownup. Now, renowned editor Jane Isay delivers the perfect gift to both parents and their adult children-real-life wisdom and advice on how to stay together without falling apart.

How do today's parents cope when the dreams we had for our children clash with reality? What can we do for our twenty- and even thirty-somethings who can't seem to grow up? Who can we turn to when the kids aren't all right and we, their parents, are frightened, frustrated, resentful, embarrassed...

No matter how old your child is, you’ll always be their parent. Discover how you can sustain your relationship even when you’re no longer under the same roof.

New York Times Bestseller! A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood. "Julie Lythcott-Haims is a national treasure. . . . A must-read for every parent who senses...

In this compassionate guide you'll find tips and tools to help you set boundaries with others, honor and validate your emotions, and thrive in the face of life's challenges. You'll discover how to protect yourself from hurtful behavior, stop making excuses for others' limitations, forge healthier relationships, and feel more confident in your life. Most importantly, you'll learn how to stop putting others' needs before your own and manage daily stressors. 

If only you could control the outcome… No parent imagines their tiny infant growing up to have an addiction. Your once precious child now makes frightening choices and takes terrifying risks. You are worried your son or daughter’s use of drugs or alcohol has reached a sufficient level of concern that you are exploring or have already admitted your adult child to treatment. You are hard-wired as a parent to love, provide, protect, nurture, and rescue your young, just like every other mammal. You’ve ranted and punished, cried and pleaded, and it may have felt like nothing seemed to ...

Unlock the pathway to independence with Helping Young Adults Find Their Way, an insightful guide crafted to support parents and young adults navigating the often turbulent transition to adulthood. This comprehensive eBook sheds light on the multifaceted challenges of today’s “failure to launch” phenomenon, offering practical solutions for transforming these obstacles into stepping stones toward autonomy. Dive into explanations of the psychological, societal, and economic influences that impact young adults' move toward independence. You'll uncover the myths and realities of adulthood ...

More than 10 years after Parenting Your Adult Child was published, much has changed—including young adults themselves, as well as their parents. Economic upheavals, challenges to traditional values and beliefs, the phenomenon of over-involved "helicopter parenting"—all make relating to grown children more difficult than ever. Yet at the same time, being a parent of an adult child can bring great rewards.

The first self-help audio program by ADD adults for ADD adults! Attention Deficit Disorder, the most common learning and behavioral problem among children, also affects millions of adult Americans, more of which are being diagnosed with this potentially disabling condition every day. Now Kate...

Navigating the tumultuous waters of childhood or adult ADHD is no small feat! The world sometimes seems to be brimming with a cacophony of distractions and unrelenting calls for our attention, and the pursuit of inner tranquility and unwavering focus appears as an impossible dream. From imbibing excessive stimulants to rein in the wild horses of our thoughts, to engaging in the relentless art of multitasking, we've tried it all. Yet, the restlessness persists, and the ADHD monster continues to rear its unruly head. But here is an audacious notion: What if the very antidote to taming this ...

Embrace the journey of building a meaningful relationship with your adult children, no matter the challenges. Are you stuck supporting your adult child without seeing progress toward their independence? Struggling to set boundaries without risking your relationship? Feeling unneeded as your role shifts from caregiver to consultant? If these struggles sound familiar, you're not alone. Many parents face these challenges, but here's the good news: You can change this narrative!

Read by the authors. Essential Parenting Principles for Every Stage of Your Child's Life. Whether you're sleep deprived with a colicky newborn or navigating the emotional roller coaster of a teenager, parenting has its ups and downs, its confusion and clarity, its big blowups and small victories...

Nobody handed you the manual. If you've spent your life feeling like everyone else got instructions for being a person—instructions you somehow never received, this book is for you. Written by a late-diagnosed autistic (AuDHD) woman who spent decades figuring it out the hard way, Nothing Is Wrong With You is the honest, practical guide no one gave neurodivergent young adults. Not a lecture. Not a list of everything you're doing wrong.

This is the third edition of Ms. Waters’ popular book on the estrangement of parents by their adult children. This edition has been extensively rewritten and contains new chapters exploring cults, social media’s role, and coping with this tragic family rift. When adult children estrange one or both parents, the shocked parents desperately seek answers. They search for flaws in themselves and their parenting. Hurting and embarrassed, they retreat into their darkest emotional corners while being condemned as a parental failure. Estrangement is often treated as a family squabble that no ...

Your kids will always be your kids. The trick is figuring out how to adapt to the new phases in that parent-child relationship. No question, it can be tricky. And if you fail to navigate that transition well, the result will be stress, alienation, and maybe a broken relationship. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In Your New Life with Adult Children, Dr. Gary Chapman—author of the worldwide bestseller The 5 Love Languages®—teams up with clinical psychiatrist Dr. Ross Campbell to provide the insights you need when your child moves into adulthood.

Instant Help for Parents of Adult Children 400+ copies bought this month Stop Raising Adult-Children: Break the Cycle of Blame and Take Your Life Back If you feel trapped supporting an adult child who won’t launch, paying their bills, absorbing their anger, and sacrificing your own peace, you’re not failing as a parent. You’re caught in a cultural pattern no one warned you about, and there is a way out that doesn’t require abandoning your child or yourself. Today’s parents are raising legal adults who still expect to be treated like children, while blaming their parents for every ...

We live in hectic times. Our kids especially. Today more than ever, thanks to a million and one technologies, attention spans are shorter, expectations are higher, and our developing teens are exposed to more sheer stimuli than ever before. Simply put, modern life is wild. And now you have to tame it. For you, and for the ones that matter most. 'Smart Parenting' includes: Why this teenager parenting book is different Who is the modern teen? How different is the modern teen? Communicating with the modern teen Establishing and sustaining trust with your teenager Setting boundaries that you ...

Based partly on the author's experience, partly on her in-depth interviews, and partly on a questionnaire she developed with psychologist Holly Barrett to which almost 600 women responded, Father Loss provides the clearest portrait yet of a very special group of women. As a group, they express their insecurities ("Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be able to love a man totally...because that would mean I didn't love my father anymore." - Leslie).