Hello John,

They won’t return your calls. They ignore your texts and emails. Either you have little to no idea of what they’re actually doing, or their only communication is to rub in your faith the sinful lifestyle they’ve embraced. It wasn’t supposed to turn out this way.

You poured yourself out to help them grow from an innocent, precious child, so full of potential, into what you hoped would be a responsible, virtuous, capable adult. You envisioned moving from caretaking parent into trusted friend and confidant. You dreamed of a future where you, beaming with pride, would send your son or daughter out into the world. There, fortified by a deep personal faith in Christ, they would accomplish amazing things, and would reach out often with all the updates, and with sincere gratitude for all you sacrificed to help them succeed.

Instead, your child has grown into an adult who rejects you, and everything you believe in.

How can you possibly rebuild your relationship? We have something that might help.

Dr. John Townsend is the New York Times best-selling author of Handling Difficult People, the Boundaries Series, and The Entitlement Cure. He joined us for a free, 7-part video series “Healing Parent and Adult Child Relationships” where he unpacks the often messy reality of the relationships between parents and their grown children.

The series will help you …

• Understand and overcome barriers and estrangement
• Set realistic and healthy adult-parenting goals
• Take the steps needed to find forgiveness

John, could your relationship with your adult child use help in any of those areas? If so, sign up for our FREE series "Healing Parent and Adult Child Relationships” by clicking the button below:

May God bless you and the relationships you have with your family members (however old they may be, or act).

Dr. Danny Huerta
Vice President of Parenting
Focus on the Family