Twenty true things I know now about parenting an adult child (that I wish I knew before)*

These are twenty true things about parenting an adult child who is in pain that I learned the hard way. Oh how I wish I knew these things before, but I didn’t get the best of parenting — either mother or father — myself.

1)No matter what you do, chances are at some point, your child or children will break your heart. And chances are, that which causes your own heart to break may also cause your child great pain.

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Retired professor, feminist, writer, photographer, activist, grandmother of 5, overall Wise Woman. Phd UIA School of Journalism & Mass Communication, 1994.

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Georgia NeSmith

Retired professor, feminist, writer, photographer, activist, grandmother of 5, overall Wise Woman. Phd UIA School of Journalism & Mass Communication, 1994.