Once An Adult And Twice A Child

If you think adolescents is tough wait until you reach senior status!

You have been the senior partner in your children's life ever since the Lord gave them to you, but now the tables have turned. It's a hard adjustment for parents and even harder for grandparents. Your judgment has always been respected and now it is being questioned, ignored or rejected.

You can no longer expect your word to be accepted blindly. Your children are now independent adults and think for themselves and isn't that what we all wanted and worked so hard to achieve?

Now when offering advice you must not be commanding but carefully phrase the advice in such a way that it leaves room for freedom of choice.

You may say,"When I experienced a similar situation I handled it like this (example) but if I faced the problem again I would approach it in this manner (example)." Please take from my experience only what you can use.

This life is a time to learn and there are some lessons we can only by experiencing them for ourselves. We want to shield our children from the mistakes we made, but free agency is a gift from God and must be respected.

Parenting is a blessing and an on going education, a never ending labor of love.