Your New Life with Adult Children

Title: Your New Life with Adult Children: A Practical Guide to What Helps, What Hurts, and What Heals

Author: Gary Chapman

Publisher: Northfield Publishers

Genre: Parenting, Christian Nonfiction, Self-Help, Christian Living

Source: Moody Publishers

My Review:

Navigating the new season of raising adult children is hard. So, when I saw Your New Life with Adult Children by Gary Chapman, I knew I had to read it. I will take all the help that I can get.

Your attitude, words, and behavior do influence your child every time you are together.

This small book packs a lot of valuable information. Chapman starts by discussing different parenting styles (like overprotection), citing real-life stories and giving advice on how to change what might need to be changed. 

It's crucial we show self-control in our relationships with our adult children.

Chapman discusses obstacles that an adult child might face on their way to being independent, such as being stuck, not wanting to leave the nest, and more. In each chapter, he expounds further on side issues like depression and anxiety. The last half of the book tackles adapting to your changing role, like caring for yourself, and becoming a grandparent. Just like the first section, this section dives deeper addressing issues of cohabitation, gender issues, homosexuality, and more. 

This is a handy book to have if you are raising adult children and are stumped on how to handle a certain situation. Not everything applies to me at this time, and hopefully, some of it won't ever. However, I don't think you can have adult children without having to navigate some of the issues discussed in this book.

Thank you to Moody Publishers for the opportunity to read this book. I was not required to provide a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

★★★★/5

Synopsis (Amazon):  

Loving Your Adult Children Without Losing Your Mind (Or Your Heart, Or All Your Money, Or Your Soul)

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. You’ll find help for those moments

Your adult child isn’t succeeding. Your nest isn’t emptying. Your child moves back home. You have conflict over lifestyle issues. You become an in-law or grandparent. And much more . . .The book includes brief sidebars from parents of adult children, as well as stories from adult children who relate what works best for them. An online study guide is also available.

Stop wondering how to connect with your adult child. Instead, learn to love them in the ways they so desperately want.