Wolter, Dwight Lee
For decades, we have all been encouraged to trace our problems back to childhood, and for good reason: how children were raised can have profound effects on how they experience life. But once these grownup children-whether youth or adults- trace their pain to their family experiences, they are rarely given constructive outlets for turning that pain into hope for forging healthy relationships with their parents. Instead, they often make their parents into scapegoats, blaming them for anything and everything that is wrong with their own lives.

But what about us parents? What if we want to assume responsibility for what we have or have not done in our relationships with our children, without having to shoulder the burden for what our children have done to themselves?

FORGIVING OUR GROWNUP CHILDREN helps parents come to terms with their imperfect parenting of imperfect children. Instead of perpetuating the blame game, this sensible guidebook presents examples of parents and adult children who recog- nize and admit their limitations and mistakes. An insightful, helpful aid for those seeking to grow but still aching from the wounds of the past, FORGIVING OUR GROWNUP CHILDREN offers constructive answers and real hope for individuals and families in search of healing.