Episode 117-Doing Life with Your Adult Children with Jim Burns

**Once your kids have officially “flown the nest”, or even if they are still living at home as young adults, your relationship with them has to change - especially if you want to *keep* a relationship with them! Listen in on today’s “Just Jim” episode where he breaks down his book, *Doing Life with your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out*, for some truly sage advice on transitioning your former day-to-day parenting role to one of mentoring and friendship with your adult children.**  **SNEAK PEEK at the Principles covered in today’s episode:** **Principle #1: You’re fired as the day-to-day parent** **Principle #2: Unsolicited advice is usually taken as criticism** **Principle #3: Become students of their culture** **Principle #4: They will never know how far the town is if you carry them on your back** **Principle #5: Move them from dependence on you to independence from you** **Principle #6: You can’t want it more than they want it** **Links** **HomeWord Website:** https://homeword.com/ **HomeWord Youtube:** https://www.youtube.com/@homeword **Jim Burns Blog:** https://homeword.com/jims-blog/ **Doing Life with Your Adult Children Online Course:** https://homeword.com/dlwac-course/ **Books:** **Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out:** https://homeword.com/product/dlwac-book/ Send us Fan Mail