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They don't know how much help to give, when to step back, and how to handle their own feelings of frustration and shame....]]></description><link>https://www.difficultmothering.com/post/support-for-fathers-with-difficult-adult-children-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a738fea71634c51808169ad</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a47b4c_23b65b98a8bd41e3b4a0f16de491570f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_405,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Judith Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Support for fathers with "difficult" adult children]]></title><description><![CDATA[FOR DADS WITH ADULT CHILDREN with serious mental illness, substance use disorder and/or chronic unemployment.   10 week SUPPORT GROUP STARTS Thursday September 26th, 7 pm   DADS   Imagine talking to a group of fathers who are looking for answers about how to help their "difficult adult children" and often feel confused, enraged, and depressed. "Difficult adult child" is not meant to be pejorative, but describes the predicament that parents of adult children with serious mental illness,...]]></description><link>https://www.difficultmothering.com/post/support-for-fathers-with-difficult-adult-children</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a73921883bd56b51ff1b882</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:44:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a47b4c_23b65b98a8bd41e3b4a0f16de491570f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_405,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Judith Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Navigate the Ups and Downs of Mothering Vulnerable Adult Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being the parent of an adult child is different than parenting a young child.  When your kids were young, you could get joy from watching...]]></description><link>https://www.difficultmothering.com/post/how-to-navigate-the-ups-and-downs-of-mothering-vulnerable-adult-children</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ac628042d52051831961c2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a47b4c_0f7bf0353fa1424198e9650f647cddc7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Judith Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Challenges of Mothering Adult Children with Chronic Illnesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Understanding the Emotional Burden of Caregiving Mothering does not end when our kids reach adulthood. In fact, mothering adult children...]]></description><link>https://www.difficultmothering.com/post/mothering-adult-children-with-chronic-illness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67c0d92610139ef6746b780f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:32:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b797f7_f4a0a048fe0742eb9d16009486ee9b98~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Judith Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing and Not Seeing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is love blind? 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