Parenting doesn't end when your child hits 21. It just moves into a new phase.

The role of a parent lasts a lifetime. Your kids will always be in your life. The trick is figuring out how to adapt to the new phases in that parent-child relationship. No question, it can be tricky. And if you fail to navigate that transition well, the result will be stress, alienation, and maybe a broken relationship.

But it doesn't have to be that way. In How to Really Love Your Adult Child, Dr. Gary Chapman--author of the worldwide bestseller The 5 Love Languages(R)--teams up with clinical psychiatrist Dr. Ross Campbell to provide the insights you need when your child moves into young adulthood. You'll find help for those moments when:

• Your adult child isn't succeeding
• Your nest isn't emptying
• Your child moves back home
• You have conflict over lifestyle issues
• You become an in-law or grandparent
• And much more . . .

The book includes brief sidebars from parents of adult children, as well stories from adult children who relate what works best for them. An online study guide is also available.

Stop wondering how to connect with your adult child. Instead, learn to love them in the ways they so desperately want. Because while childhood is temporary, parenting is forever.

Author: Gary Chapman, Ross Campbell
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Northfield Publishing
Published: 03/01/2011
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.05w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780802468512


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2013 pg. 50

About the Author
GARY CHAPMAN, PhD-author, speaker, counselor-has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the #1 bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages series(R) and director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. Gary travels the world presenting seminars, and his radio programs air on more than 400 stations. For more information, visit his website at www.5lovelanguages.com.

The late ROSS CAMPBELL, M.D., was the author of the bestselling book How to Really Love Your Child, which has sold more than one million copies. He spent over 30 years as a clinical psychiatrist, concentrating on the parent-child relationship and later worked with the Ministering to Ministers Foundation, serving individual ministers, their families, and church organizations. Dr. Campbell was the co-author of The Five Love Languages of Children and Parenting Your Adult Child and author of How to Really Love Your Teenager.