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When Generosity Backfires: Tough Love, Adult Kids & Going "Full Miyagi"
What do you do when your adult child costs you a boatload of money?
A wrecked car.
A bailout.
Another “can you help me just this once?”
As parents, we want to be generous. But what happens when generosity turns into enabling? And how do you pivot when your adult child needs more than grace — they need growth?
In this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, we talk about a powerful moment from a recent workshop where a mom admitted she hadn’t always been the parent her son needed… and decided it was time to “go full Miyagi.”
We unpack tough love, ownership, financial boundaries, adult children…
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