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When your adult child moves home and you're torn between helping and enabling

My adult son moved back home after college and I love having him here but I also feel like I'm enabling him and don't know when to push.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The blurred boundary between support and enablement reflects the ongoing challenge of loving without controlling.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The parent's inner life — what children bring up?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.