Health & Fitness
Sharing The House? Don't Parent Adult Children
Dr. Clatch writes about a common pitfall in sharing the house with adult children, and how parents and their adult children can avoid it.
Parents often make the mistake of believing that they can tell their adult children what to do simply because they are still living at home. As adults, these children have the right to make their own decisions and parents must be willing to accept this reality. Parents that continue to parent their adult children will experience conflict and tension, making the living situation difficult for all family members.
However, this doesn’t mean that adult children can do whatever they please within the home. It is important for parents and their children to sit down and establish household responsibilities and rules of conduct. As adults, it is the children’s job to hold themselves accountable to the rules of the home and respect their parents’ requests.
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