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Are You a Good Friend to Your Grown-up Kid?

5 tips for relating to your now-adult child

by Elizabeth Fishel, Dr. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, AARP, April 3, 2013

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When your children reach their 20s, the balance of connection between you and them seesaws. The challenge becomes how to find common ground without overstepping the comfortable boundaries between you. The issues become how much time to spend together and how to spend it, how much information to share and about what, which battles to fight and when to turn the other cheek, what advice to give and when silence is golden. … Back to Article

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