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How to Pray for Your Adult Children | Six Bible Verses to Use

How can you pray in a meaningful way for your adult children? Here’s what I do: Use the Bible as a guidebook and these six verses as a starting point.

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How to Bless & Encourage Your Adult Children (Plus, a FREE Printable!)

Even as adults, our kids need to know we’re in their corner! I’m sharing tips (+ a free printable) to help you bless & encourage your adult children.

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What Your 20-Something Wants to Tell You (and Needs to Hear From You)

Ever wondered what your 20-something wants to tell you? Or what your 20-something needs to hear from you? We asked them. Here’s what they said.

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How to “Parent” When Your Boomerang Kids Come Back to the Nest

When adult kids move home, it’s a big adjustment! Tips for “parenting” through it + three “boomerang kids” weigh in on what it’s like for them.

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Mothers and Daughters| Five Helpful Tips to Build Your Relationship

I just got back from spending eight straight days with my 21-year-old daughter. I learned a lot! Mothers and daughters can have complex relationships, and ours is no different! The first four days we spent together resulted from some struggles she was having, and her asking for my help. (Of course, I dropped everything and…

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Ten “Rules” for Mothers-in-Law | How to Be the Best One You Can Be

This post was originally written in 2018 but updated recently. I’ve decided that there should definitely be rules for mothers-in-law; or at least some kind of instruction manual! I’ve been a mother-in-law for a few years now, and I can assure you that I’m still learning how to do it! Like most worthwhile relationships, being a…