• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

CONSIDER THIS Radio Show with Annette Petrick

Timely perspectives on life, love, friends, family, giving back, and giving thanks

  • Home
  • About
  • Topics
  • Story Library
  • Reviews
  • Connect
You are here: Home / Podcast Episodes / Advice for Adult Children

Advice for Adult Children

Advice for Adult Children
Play

I look into the face of a middle aged man and it’s hard to believe that I once taught him to walk, to talk; that I helped him take his first step to independence, when I took away his pacifier.

I gaze into the eyes of a thirty something woman and see the same sparkle I so enjoyed when she was just 3 or 4 or 12.  How did she manage to grow up so fast?  How could it be that she is now the mother to children of these ages?

And what should our relationship be, now that she is on her own? Some parents seem to have trouble accepting their children as adults. They seem to feel that grown children still require their parents’ advice to solve their problems or choose their friends or their lifestyle.  Not so.

Oh it is fun when they ASK for advice.  But the time when you have the right to imprint your values on their lives is over.  Now it’s their turn to live the way they choose. They have to be allowed to mix your values with their own. They have the right to a life of their choosing, not yours.

What a delight it is though when you wind up being friends with the grown up version of those babies you brought into the world.  To respect and admire the adults your children have become.  Tell them you’re proud of them and what pleasure you take in knowing their lives are full.

What a blessing to have children who grow into friends.

[Show #509]

Filed Under: Podcast Episodes

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to the Podcast & Blog Post


(Your information is safe with me. I use MailChimp to send weekly emails that link to my most recent podcast episode and blog post. I never sell or share your information. You may unsubscribe at any time.)

Now Featured in Grand Magazine

A new adventure for Consider This Radio Show! We're now featured in Grand Magazine, and YOU can subscribe for free! Click here to subscribe. It's my gift to you!

Grand mag subscribe Feb 2019

NOTE: Grand Magazine subscription does not automatically subscribe you to my Sunday morning email. See below to be included in Sunday Morning Friends. 

Connect with me!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

  • Be Aware
  • Believe in Love
  • What Love Is About
  • Just Like You
  • Give a Bit More

Find Shows by Category

Active Member
Virginia Bloggers

Virginia Bloggers logo

Tale Tellers of St Augustine

Virginia Storytelling Alliance logo

Cowbird logoRead and hear Annette’s stories on Cowbird.com, a public library of human experience: stories from writers in 185 countries.

Active Member

Shenandoah County Chamber-Logo

rotary international logo

2X Paul Harris Fellow
J. Carl Coiner Award for
outstanding service
2018-2019

  • Home
  • About
  • Topics
  • Story Library
  • Reviews
  • Connect
Copyright 2006 - 2021 Annette E. Petrick.