“...it's our own lives we must make healthy, not our adult children's lives, no matter how much we want to help them.
How they live their lives, the choices they make or don't make, and what they inevitably choose to do or not do with their future is up to them, not us. It's amazingly empowering when we begin to define and clarify our own issues as parents.”
― Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children: Six Steps to Hope and Healing for Struggling Parents
How they live their lives, the choices they make or don't make, and what they inevitably choose to do or not do with their future is up to them, not us. It's amazingly empowering when we begin to define and clarify our own issues as parents.”
― Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children: Six Steps to Hope and Healing for Struggling Parents
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