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Parenting young adults

Guiding kids through the transition to adulthood

Inside this Series

Young adults are navigating a challenging life stage – a phase when they’re suddenly confronted with the many demands associated with life as an adult. They need to build required skills, then land a job that will help launch their career. Going on in the background, they may be riding a rollercoaster of emotional highs and lows as they search for that special someone to share life with. On the financial front, they’re just beginning to understand the true cost of living independently, and many find their dream of moving out of “mom and dad’s place” suddenly doesn’t look feasible any time soon.

If there’s tension in your relationship with your young adult son or daughter, there are plenty of reasons why that may be – but it doesn’t have to stay that way. Below you'll find help with many different aspects of your relationship with your adult child.

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Do you have an adult child who is struggling in their faith, or who has rejected Christianity completely? Learn what you can do to help your child in this free, six-part video series available at FocusOnTheFamily.ca/Wander.

Parenting young adults

Inside this Series

Recently added resources

Understanding your grown child's world

Parenting young adults: Adaptability

Parenting young adults: Grace and forgiveness in their changing world

Strengthening your relationship

Learning Your New Role as the Parent of an Adult Child

Healing Parent and Adult Child Relationships (Part 1 of 2)

Redrawing boundaries with adult children

Are you saying the wrong things to your adult kids?

Don't let your expectations push away your adult children

Family estrangement: Six ways to reconcile with adult children

Parents estranged from son and daughter-in-law

The long road to reconciliation: Seeking harmony in strained family relationships

Trusting God with Your Adult Child

Helping your child through reverse culture shock

Living out The Blessing with your older children

Connecting With Your Teen or Young Adult (Part 1 of 2)

Parenting adult children through prayer

Living under the same roof

Parenting young adults: Boundaries and limits when kids move back home

Setting Boundaries When Young Adults Return Home

Boomerang kids: When adult children move back in

Helping a struggling adult child

Bounce back kids: Navigating living with an adult child

Boomerang kids: Sharing your home with an adult child

Helping kids thrive in college

Helping Your Young Adult Thrive in College

Preparing your teen for college or university

When college kids come home for the holidays

The college kids are back in town

Financial planning

Launching Young Adults Financially

Do your adult kids really need your money?

Going to College Without Going Into Debt

Nurturing your young adult's faith

Guiding Your Young Adult to a Vibrant Faith

Helping Your Millennial Child Reconnect With God (Part 1 of 2)

Steering your young adult back to faith

Helping children see God as relevant to their lives

When your kids reject God

The deconstruction of Christianity: Survival tips for parents of adult children

What to do when your adult child is deconstructing their faith

Deconstruction: A look at a popular and polarizing concept

How to trust God with your adult children

Hope for parents of prodigal children

Remembering your other children while parenting a prodigal

Offering God’s Hope to Families with Prodigals (Part 1 of 2)

Removing the Barriers Between You and Your Prodigal Child

When Your Son or Daughter is Deconstructing Faith (Part 1 of 2)

Bringing Home the Prodigals (Part 1 of 2)

Apologetics

Building a career

Finding God's Purpose for Your Life

Finding Your Path in Life (Part I of II)

When marriage is on the horizon

Asking the Right Questions of Your Child’s Future Spouse

12 questions every father should ask his future son-in-law

Q&A: Approval of future son-in-law

Be the mother-in-law of her dreams

7 essential conversations to have with your future spouse

6 signs he or she isn't marriage material

Stressful situations with adult kids

Dealing with your child's divorce

How to respond when a friend reveals tension in their marriage

How to protect your marriage when your child's marriage falters

Establishing Healthy Boundaries with Adult Children (Part 1 of 2)

Homosexuality

Caring for yourself when your child is in crisis

Coping With the Loss of Your Adult Child

Parenting help

How to help your adult child cope with grief

Tough love in adult relationships: What it is, what it’s not and how to use it

What to do when your adult child won't grow up

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