Adult children

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[B]Woodrow Kroll:[/B] I saw an interesting term the other day, "Adult children." Now normally those terms don't go together. You're either an adult or you're a child. The term applies to our grown children who are living lives of their own. There's something kind of nice about that term. It indicates that we as parents have completed a task. We're no longer changing diapers, unless it's a grandchild's diaper. Our children have become adults and have taken their own places in the world. The Bible illustrates that separation for us. Genesis 2:24 says, "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." So what is our relationship to these adult children? Well, we love them as before. We offer advice where needed and asked for. But we have to let them live their own lives. Allow them to make their own mistakes—just as we did—but share with them the values and lessons we've learned. You can read more about God's plan for adult children in the Bible. God's Word instructs us in our relationships with them and we need God's perspective on that. Our children deserve it, even our adult children.