Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out Paperback – March 26, 2019

What an incredible book. I am so grateful that I purchased this book!!! My son graduated college 4 months ago and is struggling to find employment. Trying to navigate this time has been a challenge on our relationship with him at times, but this book gave me insight as to how I can change my focus and hopefully help the relationship and him overall! Ironically I read it in a plane (quick read which I also LOVED) on my way to meet him for a weekend trip…the book likely saved our weekend! Remembering that the focus of our weekend should be in creating fun memories and not spending the time digging into him on the job search. I found our son opened up a lot more to us as a result! Great advice in this book for parents-how to hold firm to your expectations and ground rules but not ruin your relationship with your child, and ultimately get them to take ownership of their adulthood completely! Wish I had read this sooner!

Excellent advice and information on why kids are acting the way they are and what our role is as parents to our adult children. Gleaned several things but mostly keeping my mouth shut and welcome mat out. As the title says!

If your open to listening and take this advice, it's a game changer. It's not always easy but the advice makes 100% sense. It gives a different perspective. You can look at your kids in a different way. It's been so helpful in the way I respond to my 3 grown men, that I sill want to treat like my little boys. They've changed, now I have to change with them. And yes, we as parents, probably are still are RIGHT most of the time, but we had to learn our own way, so do they. It's been a God send for me recently. I'm listening to it for the second time now. Get the book, it helps!

Interesting book. Good details

I didn't know I needed this book until I made all the mistakes as a mother of adult kids. I just read it this year and wish I had started it 10 years ago. It is so practical, non-judgmental and full of wisdom. I would say it would be best to start reading this BEFORE your kids turn 18, not after. And then re-read it again when they are in their early twenties. Well written, easy read but profound advice.

This book was easy to read. I connected with the stories and gleaned many good strategies for building healthy relationships with my adult children.

This book is so appropriate for learning about todays emerging adults. Understanding their culture and their beliefs is so eye opening. The Boomer Culture and the Gen Z and Gen X Culture is very different. Until there is an understanding of the difference, it is difficult to relate to your younger adult. Making that transistion from Adult to Adult takes practice, patience, and as Jim says many time "biting your tongue". Easy to read with all the necessary "hot buttons" to learn.

Good resource. Need lots of support and prayer when dealing with this. Hard to handle an adult child that is mooching off of you. Or one that ignores you. Our kids have been brainwashed. You need God's help with these situations. Recommend for today's parents of these strangers that were once our children.