How to Really Love Your Adult Child Building a Healthy Relationship in a Changing World

by Chapman, Gary; Campbell, M.D., Ross

• ISBN13: 9780802468512
• ISBN10: 0802468519
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: Northfield Publishing

Summary

More than 10 years afterParenting Your Adult Childwas published, much has changed - including young adults themselves, as well as their parents. Economic upheavals, challenges to traditional values and beliefs, the phenomenon of over-involved "helicopter parenting" - all make relating to grown children more difficult than ever. Yet at the same time, being a parent of an adult child can bring great rewards. This revised and updated version of Dr. Gary Chapman's and Dr. Ross Campbell's message will help today's parents explore how to really love their adult child in today's changing world. The book includes brief sidebars from parents of adult children and adult children themselves with their own stories. An online study guide will also be available.

Author Biography

GARY CHAPMAN is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Five Love Languages book and series. With more than 35 years of pastoring and marriage counseling experience, he travels the world presenting seminars to couples who want to improve their marriage relationship. He is host of the weekly radio program Building Relationships, which airs on more than 170 stations. For information, visit www.fivelovelanguages.com.

ROSS CAMPBELL, M.D., is the author of the bestselling book How to Really Love Your Child, which has sold more than one million copies. He has spent over 30 years as a clinical psychiatrist, concentrating on the parent-child relationship. Today he works with the Ministering to Ministers Foundation, serving individual ministers, their families, and church organizations. Dr. Campbell is the co-author of The Five Love Languages of Children and Parenting Your Adult Child and author of How to Really Love Your Teenager. Dr. Campbell resides in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Great Joy…or Great Pain	p. 9
Getting to Know Today's Adult Child	p. 15
When Your Adult Child Is Not Succeeding	p. 25
When the Nest Isn't Emptying	p. 39
When Your Child Moves Home	p. 57
Major Hurdles to Independence	p. 73
Conflicts over Lifestyle Issues	p. 95
Becoming an In-law and a Grandparent	p. 113
Meeting Your Own Needs	p. 129
Building a Confident, Growing Relationship	p. 147
Leaving Your Child a Positive Legacy	p. 167
Notes	p. 187
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