Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant are joined by Jim Burns to discuss how we can navigate our role as a parent changing as our kids get older.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Could you tell us a little about your family and your ministry?
• Do you find a lot of young families asking you about how to prevent failure to launch, walking away from their faith, or walking away from their family?
• How does the fact that “we will spend more time as a parent of an adult child than we will as the parent of a young child and adolescent” change the way we think about raising our kids when they are still in our homes?
• You write about the role of a parent changing as your kids get older, how would you help parents navigate the role that grandparents should play in the life of their family?
• How does letting kids experience hurt and hardship help us reach our goals as parents?
• What wisdom do you have for parents who don’t want to dwell on what could have been better?
• What if parents of young children are having conflict with their own parents that they don’t want to let their kids be exposed to? Do you have any wisdom for situations like that?
• What role does “boundary setting” play in having healthy multigenerational relationships in our family?
• How can we encourage and bless our parents and our kids grandparents?
• What do you say to, or what encouragement do you have for the family who is dealing with grandparent conflict because they are discipling their family?
• What are some ways that we can pray for you?

Guest Bio:

Jim Burns is the president of HomeWord, which has four core values; Strong Marriages, Confident Parents, Empowered Kids, and Healthy Leaders. Some of his most popular books are: Doing Life With Your Adult Children, The Purity Code, Creating an Intimate Marriage, Have Serious Fun and Finding Joy in the Empty Nest. Jim and his wife, Cathy, live in Southern California and have three grown daughters, Christy, Rebecca, and Heidi; three sons-in-law, Steve, Andy and Matt; and three grandchildren, James, Charlotte and Huxley.

Helpful Definitions:

• Enabling: Not letting kids experience all of the consequences of their behavior.
• Tough Love: Allowing them to experience the circumstances of their poor choices without getting in the way.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• HomeWord
• “Uncommon Youth Ministry” by Jim Burns
• “Partnering with Parents in Youth Ministry” by Jim Burns
• “Doing Life With Your Adult Children” by Jim Burns
• New Life Live!

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