Stop Measuring Yourself Through Your Children: Building Healthier Relationships With Adult Children | Gigi Baxter

What happens when parents begin measuring their own success through their children’s lives? In this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Gigi Baxter about parenting, identity, guilt, boundaries, and learning to love adult children without trying to control their outcomes.

Gigi shares insights on:

✅ Why parents measure themselves through their children

✅ Learning to “mute and pause” before trying to fix things

✅ Helping adult children become more independent

✅ Why comparing children can damage relationships

✅ Letting go of guilt and problems that aren’t yours to carry

✅ Rediscovering your identity and happiness after raising children

✅ Her book, Your Children Are Not Your Report Card

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