Adult Children

Parenting is a lifelong job, even when grown children are living their own lives. Supporting adult children can take many forms, from financial support to childcare help to the emotional safety of a loving family. What do your adult children need from you?

Jessica Reed and daughter Willow; photo by Roy Gumple

Her Newly Vegan Daughter Helped Her Embrace New Thanksgiving Traditions

By Jessica Reed6 min read

At first she was disappointed. But she soon came to feel proud of her daughter’s new lifestyle.

Janet Paige Smith with her son, Laughlin; photo courtesy Janet Paige Smith.

A Life Lesson Learned from Her Son

By Janet Paige Smith3 min read

She was focused on her son’s college graduation ceremony; he was focused on beginning life as an adult and protecting those he loved.

She Realized That God Was Working Wonders in Her Son’s Heart

By Mayra Fernandez7 min read

A devout Catholic, she worried when her adult son declared himself an atheist. But then he attended a family quinceañera.

Artist James O'Briens' rendering of a mother and daughter in a tomato patch

The Dreams That Drew Her Closer to Her Adult Daughter

By Marion Bond West7 min read

Was there any way she could close the gap that separated them?

Family and friends saying a prayer before dinner

A Thanksgiving Prayer, Answered

By Patty Kirk2 min read

In this devotion, Patty Kirk shares an inspiring Thanksgiving memory.

Nyon and his daughter with his father Bryant; photograph by Maddie McGarvey

A Father’s Unexpected Advice on Parenting

By Nyon Smith7 min read

He was certain that his approach to parenting differed greatly from his father’s, but they were more alike than he knew.

Christy Johnson (left) with daughter Brittany

She Learned to Focus on Loving—Not Judging—Her Daughter

By Christy Johnson8 min read

Could this conservative Christian mother come to terms with the fact that her daughter was a lesbian?

God’s Grace in a New York City Blackout

By julia-attaway2 min read

How God protects us when we don’t even know it

Life-Changing Advice from the Father He Hardly Knew

Nyon Smith shares how, on becoming a parent himself, he became closer to his own father, who tended to be career-focused when Nyon was growing up, and learned lessons on parenting from his dad.