Key points

At different life stages, your adult kids have different needs from you.

When parenting an adult child, you no longer have authority.

It's important to learn about your adult kid's values and life choices—without preaching.

Your adult child can make choices and fail. You may be disappointed, but you are not responsible.

Negotiating with your adult-child Source: AI generated, F.Toder

Once upon a time there would have been no need for this article. Long ago parents did not need to figure out how to redesign a relationship with their adult-children. Life was predictably short, and survival into middle age or beyond was not something one could count on. Understanding the process of growth and change in the young adult, the midlife adult, and the senior adult was not very

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