The Children We Raised, The Adults They Became.: Understanding Respect, Boundaries, Responsibility and Healthy Relationships Between Parents and Adult Children. - Couverture souple

Maji, Blessing

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9786704703 ISBN 13 : 9789786704708

Editeur : Tender Touch Academy, 2026

Synopsis

THEY WERE YOUR LITTLE CHILDREN. SO WHEN DID THEY BECOME STRANGERS WHO THINK THEY KNOW BETTER THAN YOU?

You raised them. You protected them. You sacrificed for them. You defended them when others misunderstood them. You stayed awake worrying about them, celebrated their victories, corrected their mistakes, and prayed they would become responsible adults.

Then something changed.

The child who once ran to you for answers now thinks you have nothing left to teach. The child you raised may question your decisions, dismiss your sacrifices, speak to you without respect, or even begin telling you how to run your own life.

And suddenly, you find yourself asking:

“Where did I go wrong?”

The Children We Raised, the Adults They Became takes an honest and sometimes uncomfortable look at what happens when love, sacrifice, protection, and parental authority collide with adulthood, independence, changing values, and blurred boundaries.

This book explores the difficult questions many parents are afraid to ask:

Can loving a child too much create entitlement?

When does protection become overprotection?

Should adult children still obey their parents—or simply respect them?

What happens when children begin interfering in their parents' marriages and personal decisions?

How do parents respond when the children they sacrificed everything for become disrespectful?

And how can a parent love an adult child without allowing that love to become a license for manipulation, control, or disrespect?

This is not a book about blaming children.

Neither is it a book about blindly defending parents.

It is an invitation to examine the relationship from both sides—to understand how yesterday's parenting choices can shape today's adult children, and how today's adult children can either strengthen or fracture the relationship with the parents who raised them.

With practical insights, real-life reflections, uncomfortable truths, and solutions for rebuilding healthier parent-adult-child relationships, this book challenges both generations to take responsibility for their part.

Because raising a child does not end when that child becomes an adult.

The relationship simply enters a new season.

And sometimes, parents must learn that loving their children does not mean surrendering their boundaries.

Sometimes adult children must learn that becoming independent does not mean becoming disrespectful.

And sometimes, both generations must learn how to love each other differently.

If you have ever looked at the child you raised and wondered, “Who is this person you have become?”—this book was written for you.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tender Touch Academy
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9786704703
• ISBN 13: 9789786704708
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 374
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg