Setting boundaries with an adult child can be difficult, especially when they live at home, depend on you financially, or still need significant support.

This educational self-assessment helps parents explore where their responsibility ends and their adult child’s begins. You’ll look at common boundary challenges involving money, privacy, household expectations, communication, time, problem-solving, parental guilt, and the difficulty of saying no or maintaining a limit when your adult child becomes upset.

Based on concepts explored in They’re Home… Now What? — Parenting After College, this guide helps parents understand the difference between setting a boundary and trying to control an adult child’s decisions. It also examines how parents can remain supportive while allowing adult children to take greater responsibility for their own choices and lives.

Includes education, real-life examples, a self-assessment with score interpretation, practical exercises, and reflection questions to help you identify unclear boundaries, reduce resentment, and develop a more adult-to-adult relationship with your adult child.