Empty Nest: What's Next?: Parenting Adult Children Without Losing Your Mind - Softcover

Michele Howe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1619706660 ISBN 13: 9781619706668

Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

The purpose of Empty Nest, Whats Next? is to help parents adjust to their changing roles as parents of adult children. Unlike the first eighteen years of parenting, moms and dads now take on more of an advisory role and step out of the daily hands-on instructional role. In theory, this stepping to the sidelines parenting style should lead to a simpler, less stress-free life for the parents. However, real-life parenting young adults is often much more challenging than all the earlier years put together. Combine young adult immaturity with a dangerous world, and parents frequently find themselves beset with worry, fear, and anxiety. Intellectually letting go is one thing; emotionally letting go is much more difficult, especially when the consequences are adult sized.

This resource will offer parents true stories of other moms and dads who are facing the very same challenges. Parents will discover a biblical model of faith-inspiring exercises that enable them to not simply cope with the demands of parenting their young adult children, but also to find peace, freedom, and joy in the process. Empty Nest, Whats Next? will offer encouragement, practical suggestions, and lots of comical asides to the always-evolving role of parenting.

|The purpose of Empty Nest, Whats Next? is to help parents adjust to their changing roles as parents of adult children. Unlike the first eighteen years of parenting, moms and dads now take on more of an advisory role and step out of the daily hands-on instructional role. In theory, this stepping to the sidelines parenting style should lead to a simpler, less stress-free life for the parents. However, real-life parenting young adults is often much more challenging than all the earlier years put together. Combine young adult immaturity with a dangerous world, and parents frequently find themselves beset with worry, fear, and anxiety. Intellectually letting go is one thing; emotionally letting go is much more difficult, especially when the consequences are adult sized. This resource will offer parents true stories of other moms and dads who are facing the very same challenges. Parents will discover a biblical model of faith-inspiring exercises that enable them to not simply cope with the demands of parenting their young adult children, but also to find peace, freedom, and joy in the process. Empty Nest, Whats Next? will offer encouragement, practical suggestions, and lots of comical asides to the always-evolving role of parenting.

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About the Author

Michele Howe is the author of over fifteen books that inspire Christian women of all ages to live healthy and fulfilling lives. She has also published over 2,000 reviews and articles, and has been featured on numerous radio shows across the country speaking on topics such as parenting and womens health issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1619706660
• ISBN 13: 9781619706668
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 137