A Mom’s Eternal Impact
As a mom, your job has an eternal impact, but that’s not always easy to remember in day-to-day life. John and Danny offer encouragement to moms who feel isolated and exhausted.
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October 27, 2020
If your adult child moves back home, it's important to communicate your expectations from the start. John and Danny discuss keys to healthy relationships with adult children. Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/parentingpodcast. Or, call 1-800-A-FAMILY.
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Dr. Kara Powell helps parents transition and grow with their teen and young adult children, while navigating issues of family, faith and future. She discusses the concepts of ?withing,? ?faithing,? and ?adulting,? while pointing out the vital influence that parents have in their child?s life. She?ll address the doubts young people can have with their faith and common challenges in the relationship with their parents. Among the topics discussed: teen suicide, teaching kids about sex, LGBTQ issues, and cohabiting.
We can't change our adult children. But we can choose to keep communication open without compromising our convictions.
One Sunday I broke down in tears at a prayer meeting at church and asked what I could do to restore my adult son to me. He had made some chilling decisions and I was powerless to change him...
John Fuller is vice president of the Audio division and co-host of the daily “Focus on the Family” radio program. He speaks and writes about family, faith, media and business. John and his wife, Dena, reside in Colorado Springs, Colo., and have six children.
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