Love, Pray, Listen
Parenting Your Wayward Adult Kids with Joy

Why Read a Book on Parenting if Your Nest is Empty? For the first year or two of our empty nest, I secretly congratulated myself on the fine job we’d done as parents. Our daughters appeared well-adjusted and stable, and for the most part, they seemed to retain the values they’d grown up with. When an......more

Title is misleading. A wonderful book for parents of all adult children - wayward or not! I will be rereading to help retain some of the nuggets of wisdom.......more

A great book looking at the parent/child relationship in a different light as we age and dynamics change. Mary DeMuth takes readers on a journey of learning how things can become drastically different as children get older. I only have young children now, but picked up this book wanting to see what i......more

Publishing date: September 2022 I received this book from the publisher through Netgalley for review and all thoughts and opinions are my own. For parents experiencing the pain of estrangement, reliving the painful conversations you've had with an adult son or daughter, this book is as healing as it i......more

This book is sensitive and encouraging while being honest. Mary DeMuth peels away the "prosperity gospel" of parenting, sharing her own expectations that encountered her own experiences and how she responded, good and bad. In addition to being a good book to read when your kids are adults, it's a gr......more