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Category Archives: Parenting Adult Children
When the Bough Breaks: Hope for wounded families
Despite parents’ very best intentions, often what gets passed on to the next generation comes mindlessly from parents who are carrying their own unhealed wounds. How can you give your child the gift of encouragement when you were never encouraged? … Continue reading
I Have a Dream
Two years after I was born, Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. that has become one of the most inspiring and quoted speeches of all time. As I write and speak and … Continue reading
Is there a Quick Fix for that?
Its now the “in thing” to take full advantage of quick fix convenient no-waiting solutions for nearly every area of life. Having to wait in line at the grocery store or DMV inevitably brings out the social media ravings and … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting Adult Children, Parenting Teens, Recovery
Tagged HOPE Notes, parenting, quick fix
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Letting Go of Parenting Guilt
Parents of teens and adult children seem to universally struggle with guilt. That overwhelming feeling of I’ve made so many parenting mistakes, and can never make up for the pain I caused. I know – I’ve been there! It would be … Continue reading
Tell Your Teen the Truth
Have you found yourself agreeing that your teen is super talented at something, when he’s really not? Here’s hope! Continue reading
Posted in Parenting Adult Children, Parenting Teens
Tagged Parenting adult children, parenting teens, talent, X-Factor
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Wounded Parents, Wounded Teens
What pain are you carrying from your own growing up experience? Break the cycle and find healing here – there is Hope! Continue reading
Posted in Parenting Adult Children, Parenting Teens, Recovery
Tagged parenting, parenting teens, recovery
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Live Radio Show Monday July 11, 2011: Its Your Money! Adult kids and financial boundaries
Last week when I wrote about Adult Kids and Money, I heard from moms (and dads) covering the full spectrum of good-to-not-so-good relationships with their adult children over money. Some parents decided never to help their children financially once the … Continue reading
Posted in News, Parenting Adult Children
Tagged adult kids and money, live radio show, news, parenting adult kids
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Adult Kids and Money
They’ve been called Boomerang Kids: those adult children who keep coming back. They need a place to stay during the summer break from college, lost their job, can’t find a job in the first place, or have poorly managed … Continue reading
