Conflict with Adult Children

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One in four adults are estranged from their parents, so says one 2022 study. According to
another study 11% of mothers ages 65 – 75 with two or more grown children were estranged
from at least one of them. Most of the time, the seeds for these conflicts were planted during
the growing up years of the young adults. Gaye Clark, who is the author of Loving Your Adult
Children, The Heartache of Parenting and the Hope of the Gospel talks to Sharon Betters about
the seeds of these conflicts and how parents can navigate these tumultuous relationships,
starting with personal repentance. This conversation shines a spotlight on the hearts of the
parent, not with condemnation, but with instruction on how to respond with kindness rather
than anger, gentleness rather than wrath. Gaye challenges listeners to consider carefully and
prayerfully how to reflect the fruit of the Spirit in a way that invites an estranged child to “taste
and see that the Lord is good”.

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